Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-1301
Service
- as U-130111 February 1944 — 9 May 1945453 days of the war
German submarine U-1301
Particulars
- Name
- U-1301
- Builder
- Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
- Ordered
- 2 April 1942
- Laid down
- 20 January 1943
- Launched
- 22 December 1943
- Commissioned
- 11 February 1944
- Fate
- Surrendered on 9 May 1945
Sunk on 16 December 1945 during Operation Deadlight (1945) - Status
- Wreck
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-1301 was a submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg laid her keel on 20 January 1943. Launched on 22 December 1943, she entered service on 11 February 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 453 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 9 May 1945, at 55°50′N 10°05′W. 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-1301 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons