Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-267

Type VIIC submarine

Displacement
757 long tons (769 t)
Length
67.1 m (220.1 ft)
Beam
6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Speed
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-26711 July 1942 — 5 May 19451,029 days of the war
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-267
Builder
Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Ordered
15 August 1940
Laid down
9 August 1941
Launched
23 May 1942
Commissioned
11 July 1942
Fate
Scuttled in Geltinger Bucht on 5 May 1945, later raised and broken up. (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-267 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack laid her keel on 9 August 1941. Launched on 23 May 1942, she entered service on 11 July 1942.

612 ships of the class were built. 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 1,029 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 5 May 1945. 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 or 39 × TMB tube-launched mines
  • 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
  • 2 × 20 mm AA (4,380 rounds)

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources