Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-1171
Service
- as U-117122 March 1944 — 9 May 1945413 days of the war
German submarine U-1171
Particulars
- Name
- U-1171
- Builder
- Danziger Werft AG, Danzig
- Ordered
- 16 July 1942
- Laid down
- 5 May 1943
- Launched
- 23 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 22 March 1944
- Fate
- Surrendered on 9 May 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Unknown
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-1171 was a submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Danziger Werft AG, Danzig on 5 May 1943. Launched on 23 November 1943, she entered service on 22 March 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 413 days of the Second World War.
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-1171 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons