Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-1109
Service
- as U-110931 August 1944 — 12 May 1945257 days of the war
German submarine U-1109
Particulars
- Name
- U-1109
- Builder
- Nordseewerke, Emden
- Ordered
- 2 April 1942
- Laid down
- 20 October 1943
- Launched
- 19 June 1944
- Commissioned
- 31 August 1944
- Fate
- Surrendered on 12 May 1945
Sunk on 6 January 1946 during Operation Deadlight (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 757 long tons (769 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 857 long tons (871 t)
- Length
- 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
- Range
- 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
- Complement
- 44
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-1109 was a submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Nordseewerke, Emden laid her keel on 20 October 1943. Launched on 19 June 1944, she entered service on 31 August 1944.
The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots, and she carried a complement of 44.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 257 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 12 May 1945, at 55°49′N 8°31′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × electric motors
- 2 × screws
- Power
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
- 14 × torpedoes or
- 26 × TMA or TMB Naval mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
- 2 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-1109 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons