German submarine U-143 (1940)
- Displacement
- 309 long tons (314 t)
- Length
- 43.97 m (144.3 ft)
- Beam
- 4.92 m (16.1 ft)
- Speed
- 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h, 14.6 mph)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
Service
- as U-14318 September 1940 — 5 May 19451,690 days of the war
- Name
- U-143
- Pennant / hull number
- 1940
- Builder
- Deutsche Werke, Kiel
- Ordered
- 25 September 1939
- Laid down
- 3 January 1940
- Launched
- 10 August 1940
- Commissioned
- 18 September 1940
- Fate
- Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Heligoland; sunk on 22 December 1945 as part of Operation Deadlight (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 309 long tons (314 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 358 long tons (364 t)
- Length
- 43.97 m (144.3 ft) OA
- Beam
- 4.92 m (16.1 ft)
- Draught
- 3.93 m (12.9 ft)
- Speed
- 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h, 14.6 mph)
- Range
- 3,450 nmi (6,389 km)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
U-143 was a Type IID coastal submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Deutsche Werke, Kiel laid her keel on 3 January 1940. Launched on 10 August 1940, she entered service on 18 September 1940.
She was one of 50 ships of her class. The class followed the CV 707-type submarine and was succeeded by the Planned:.
The boat displaced 309 long tons surfaced and 358 long tons submerged. She measured 44.0 m (144 ft) long with a beam of 4.9 m (16 ft). Her designed speed was 12.7 knots, and she carried a complement of 25.
Her main battery was one 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,690 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 5 May 1945, at 55°58′N 9°35′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 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 700 PS (diesels)
- 410 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1 (1935)
- German submarine U-10 (1935)
- German submarine U-11 (1935)
- German submarine U-12 (1935)
- German submarine U-120 (1940)
- German submarine U-121 (1940)
- German submarine U-13 (1935)
- German submarine U-137 (1940)
- German submarine U-138 (1940)
- German submarine U-139 (1940)
- German submarine U-14 (1935)
- German submarine U-140 (1940)
- German submarine U-141 (1940)
- German submarine U-142 (1940)
- German submarine U-144 (1940)
- German submarine U-145 (1940)
- German submarine U-146 (1940)
- German submarine U-147 (1940)
- German submarine U-148 (1940)
- German submarine U-149 (1940)
- German submarine U-15 (1936)
- German submarine U-150 (1940)
- German submarine U-151 (1940)
- German submarine U-152 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-143 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.