Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-2529

Type XXI submarine

Displacement
1,595 long tons (1,621 t)
Length
76.7 m (251.6 ft)
Beam
8 m (26.2 ft)
Speed
17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
Complement
57
Main gun
37 mm (1.5 in)

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-252922 February 1945 — 9 May 194576 days of the war
  2. Soviet Navy as B-2713 February 1946 — 1 September 1972
Type XXI submarine Particulars
Name
U-2529
Builder
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Ordered
6 November 1943
Laid down
29 September 1944
Launched
13 November 1944
Commissioned
22 February 1945
Struck
1 September 1972
Fate
Broken up for scrap
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,595 long tons (1,621 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,790 long tons (1,819 t)
Length
76.7 m (251.6 ft) OA
Beam
8 m (26.2 ft)
Draught
6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Speed
17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
Range
15,500 nmi (28,706 km)
Complement
57
Main gun
37 mm (1.5 in)

U-2529 was a Type XXI submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 29 September 1944. Launched on 13 November 1944, she entered service on 22 February 1945.

118 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type VII and was succeeded by the Type XXVI.

The boat displaced 1,595 long tons surfaced and 1,790 long tons submerged. She measured 76.7 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 57.

Her main battery was four 37 mm (1.5 in) guns.

She served with the Kriegsmarine as U-2529 until 9 May 1945. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as B-27 from 13 February 1946. She was in commission for 76 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 September 1972.

She was broken up for scrap.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Diesel/Electric
  • 2 × MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6-cylinder diesel engines
  • 2 × SSW GU365/30 double-acting electric motors
  • 2 × SSW GV232/28 silent running electric motors
Power
  • 4000 PS (diesel drive)
  • 5000 PS (standard electric drive)
  • 226 PS (silent electric drive)
Armament
  • 6 × bow torpedo tubes
  • 23 × 53.3 cm torpedoes (or 17 × torpedoes and 12 × TMC mines)
  • 4 × 2 cm AA guns or
  • 4 × 3.7 cm AA guns

Sister ships

93 more in the class

Sources