Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-1307
Service
- as U-130717 November 1944 — 9 May 1945173 days of the war
German submarine U-1307
Particulars
- Name
- U-1307
- Builder
- Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
- Ordered
- 1 August 1942
- Laid down
- 2 December 1943
- Launched
- 29 September 1944
- Commissioned
- 17 November 1944
- Fate
- Surrendered on 9 May 1945
Sunk on 9 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-1307 was a submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg laid her keel on 2 December 1943. She entered service on 17 November 1944, having been launched on 29 September 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 173 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-1307 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons