German submarine U-111 (1940)
Service
- as U-11119 December 1940 — 4 October 1941289 days of the war
- Name
- U-111
- Pennant / hull number
- 1940
- Builder
- DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
- Ordered
- 8 August 1939
- Laid down
- 20 February 1940
- Launched
- 15 September 1940
- Commissioned
- 19 December 1940
- Fate
- Sunk 4 October 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,034 long tons (1,051 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,159 long tons (1,178 t)
- Length
- 76.5 m (251 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.76 m (22.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
- Range
- 12,000 nmi (22,224 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-111 was a Type IXB submarine of the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Her keel was laid at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen on 20 February 1940. She entered service on 19 December 1940, having been launched on 15 September 1940.
14 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type IXA submarine and was succeeded by the Type IXC submarine.
The boat displaced 1,034 long tons surfaced and 1,159 long tons submerged. She measured 76.5 m (251 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.
She was in commission for 289 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 4 October 1941, at 27°10′N 20°24′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 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 4400 PS (diesels)
- 1000 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
- 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Sister ships
- German submarine U-103 (1940)
- German submarine U-104 (1940)
- German submarine U-105 (1940)
- German submarine U-106 (1940)
- German submarine U-107 (1940)
- German submarine U-108 (1940)
- German submarine U-109 (1940)
- German submarine U-110 (1940)
- German submarine U-122 (1939)
- German submarine U-123 (1940)
- German submarine U-124 (1940)
- German submarine U-64 (1939)
- German submarine U-65 (1939)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-111 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Charles Pears — Self-photographed , stavros1, 29 August 2012, Tuesday — CC BY 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons