German submarine U-255
Service
- as U-25529 November 1941 — 17 May 19451,266 days of the war
- Name
- U-255
- Builder
- Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
- Ordered
- 23 September 1939
- Laid down
- 21 December 1940
- Launched
- 8 October 1941
- Commissioned
- 29 November 1941
- Decommissioned
- 1 September 1944
- Recommissioned
- 2 March 1945
- Fate
- Surrendered on 17 May 1945
Scuttled on 13 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)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-255 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack on 21 December 1940. She entered service on 29 November 1941, having been launched on 8 October 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 1,266 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 September 1944. She recommissioned on 2 March 1945.
She was scuttled on 17 May 1945, at 51°16′N 13°38′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
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun
- 2 cm FlaK 30
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-255 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway) from Oslo, Norway — Glückwünsche der Heimat (Weitere U-Boote machen fest) — No restrictions — Wikimedia Commons