Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-1234

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

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-123419 April 1944 — 14 May 194425 days of the war
Type IXC/40 submarine Particulars
Name
U-1234
Builder
Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Ordered
14 October 1941
Laid down
11 May 1943
Launched
7 January 1944
Commissioned
19 April 1944
Decommissioned
15 May 1944
Recommissioned
17 October 1944
Fate
Sunk on 14 May 1944 after colliding the steam tug Anton
Scuttled on 5 May 1945 during Operation Regenbogen (1944)
Status
Wreck

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-1234 was a Type IXC/40 submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werft, Hamburg on 11 May 1943. Launched on 7 January 1944, she entered service on 19 April 1944.

Her class ran to 142 ships. 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 25 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 May 1944. She recommissioned on 17 October 1944.

She was scuttled on 14 May 1944, at 54°50′N 9°29′E. 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 Flak M42 AA gun
  • 2 x twin 2 cm C/30 AA guns

Sister ships

117 more in the class

Sources