German submarine U-203
Service
- as U-20318 February 1941 — 25 April 1943796 days of the war
- Name
- U-203
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 23 September 1939
- Laid down
- 28 March 1940
- Launched
- 4 January 1941
- Commissioned
- 18 February 1941
- Fate
- Sunk, 25 April 1943 (1943)
- 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)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-203 was a submarine of the Type VIIC U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine. Germaniawerft, Kiel laid her keel on 28 March 1940. Launched on 4 January 1941, she entered service on 18 February 1941.
She was one of 612 ships of her class. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
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.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 796 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 25 April 1943, at 36°14′N 31°21′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
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 4 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (bow)
- 11 torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun with 220 rounds
- various anti-aircraft guns
Sister ships
- French submarine Laubie
- German submarine U-1000
- German submarine U-1004
- German submarine U-1017
- German submarine U-1018
- German submarine U-1021
- German submarine U-1022
- German submarine U-1023
- German submarine U-1024
- German submarine U-1051
- German submarine U-1052
- German submarine U-1053
- German submarine U-1054
- German submarine U-1055
- German submarine U-1056
- German submarine U-1057
- German submarine U-1058
- German submarine U-1063
- German submarine U-1064
- German submarine U-1065
- German submarine U-1101
- German submarine U-1102
- German submarine U-1131
- German submarine U-1132
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-203 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Haring — https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/2671/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons