Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-200

Type IXD2 submarine

German submarine U-200
Australian armed forces — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate A RAF Coastal Command Liberator aircraft from No. 120 Squadron commanded by Flight Lieutenant A.W. Fraser, of Queensland (Australia), attacked and subsequently sank the German type IXD2 U-boat U 200, which is seen receiving direct hits forward of the conning tower. U 200 was sunk south-west of Iceland, in position 58.15N - 25.25W, by 2 depth charges, 68 dead (all hands lost, including 7 members fr

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-20022 December 1942 — 24 June 1943184 days of the war
Type IXD2 submarine Particulars
Name
U-200
Builder
AG Weser, Bremen
Ordered
4 November 1940
Laid down
3 November 1941
Launched
10 August 1942
Commissioned
22 December 1942
Fate
Sunk, 24 June 1943 by a British aircraft southwest of Iceland
By aircraft (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,590 long tons (1,616 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,776 long tons (1,804 t)
Length
87.6 m (287.4 ft) OA
Beam
7.5 m (24.6 ft)
Draught
5.4 m (17.7 ft)
Speed
20.8 knots (38.5 km/h, 23.9 mph)
Range
12,750 nmi (23,613 km)
Complement
55
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-200 was a Type IXD2 submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at AG Weser, Bremen on 3 November 1941. Launched on 10 August 1942, she entered service on 22 December 1942.

33 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,590 long tons surfaced and 1,776 long tons submerged. She measured 87.6 m (287 ft) long with a beam of 7.5 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 20.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 55.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 184 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 24 June 1943 by aircraft, at 58°15′N 25°25′W. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 9000 PS (diesels)
  • 1000 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern)
  • 24 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
  • 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (150 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30
  • 2 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

8 more in the class

Sources