German submarine U-1274

Type VIIC/41 submarine

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-12741 March 1944 — 16 April 1945411 days of the war

Type VIIC/41 submarine Particulars

Name: U-1274
Builder: Vegesacker Werft AG, Bremen
Ordered: 13 June 1942
Laid down: 21 June 1943
Launched: 25 January 1944
Commissioned: 1 March 1944
Fate: Depth charged and sunk by HMS Viceroy (D91) on 16 April 1945 (1945)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 747 long tons (759 t)
Displacement, submerged: 846 long tons (860 t)
Length: 67.23 m (220.6 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-1274 was a Type VIIC/41 submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Vegesacker Werft AG, Bremen on 21 June 1943. She entered service on 1 March 1944, having been launched on 25 January 1944.

Her class ran to 612 ships. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).

The boat displaced 747 long tons surfaced and 846 long tons submerged. She measured 67.2 m (221 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 411 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 16 April 1945, at 55°36′N 1°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

Propulsion: 2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors
Power: 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
750 PS (electric)
Armament: 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
14 torpedoes
1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
2 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-1274 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons