German submarine U-269

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

Kriegsmarine as U-26919 August 1942 — 25 June 1944676 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-269
Builder: Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Ordered: 20 January 1941
Laid down: 18 September 1941
Launched: 24 June 1942
Commissioned: 19 August 1942
Fate: Sunk, 25 June 1944 (1944)
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-269 was a Type VIIC submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack on 18 September 1941. Launched on 24 June 1942, she entered service on 19 August 1942.

Her class ran to 612 ships. 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 676 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 25 June 1944, at 50°01′N 2°59′W. The wreck survives.

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

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

Facts harvested from German submarine U-269 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.