German submarine U-1226

Type IXC/40 submarine

Displacement: 1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
Length: 76.76 m (251.8 ft)
Beam: 6.86 m (22.5 ft)
Speed: 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
Complement: 48
Main gun: 105 mm (4.1 in)

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-122624 November 1943 — 23 October 1944334 days of the war

Type IXC/40 submarine Particulars

Name: U-1226
Builder: Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg
Ordered: 25 August 1941
Laid down: 11 January 1943
Launched: 21 August 1943
Commissioned: 24 November 1943
Fate: Missing since 23 October 1944 (1944)
Status: Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
Displacement, submerged: 1,237 long tons (1,257 t)
Length: 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
Beam: 6.86 m (22.5 ft)
Draught: 4.67 m (15.3 ft)
Speed: 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
Range: 13,850 nmi (25,650 km)
Complement: 48
Main gun: 105 mm (4.1 in)

U-1226 was a Type IXC/40 submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg on 11 January 1943. Launched on 21 August 1943, she entered service on 24 November 1943.

She was one of 142 ships of her class. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,126 long tons surfaced and 1,237 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.9 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 18.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 334 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

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 Flak M42 AA gun
2 x twin 2 cm C/30 AA guns

Sister ships

117 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-1226 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.