Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-1278
Service
- as U-127831 May 1944 — 17 February 1945265 days of the war
German submarine U-1278
Particulars
- Name
- U-1278
- Builder
- Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremen
- Ordered
- 13 June 1942
- Laid down
- 12 August 1943
- Launched
- 15 April 1944
- Commissioned
- 31 May 1944
- Fate
- Sunk on 17 February 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 757 long tons (769 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 857 long tons (871 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-1278 was a submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremen laid her keel on 12 August 1943. She entered service on 31 May 1944, having been launched on 15 April 1944.
The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 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 265 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 17 February 1945, at 61°32′N 1°36′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 × 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
- 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-1278 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons