Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-3010

Type XXI submarine

Displacement
1,621 long tons (1,647 t)
Length
76.7 m (251.6 ft)
Beam
8 m (26.2 ft)
Speed
15.6 knots (28.9 km/h, 18 mph)
Complement
57
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-301011 November 1944 — 3 May 1945173 days of the war
Type XXI submarine Particulars
Name
U-3010
Builder
DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Ordered
6 November 1943
Laid down
13 July 1944
Launched
10 October 1944
Commissioned
11 November 1944
Fate
Scuttled on 3 May 1945 (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,621 long tons (1,647 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,819 long tons (1,848 t)
Length
76.7 m (251.6 ft) OA
Beam
8 m (26.2 ft)
Draught
6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Speed
15.6 knots (28.9 km/h, 18 mph)
Range
15,500 nmi (28,706 km)
Complement
57
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)

U-3010 was a Type XXI submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen laid her keel on 13 July 1944. She entered service on 11 November 1944, having been launched on 10 October 1944.

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

The boat displaced 1,621 long tons surfaced and 1,819 long tons submerged. She measured 76.7 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 15.6 knots, and she carried a complement of 57.

Her main battery was four 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.

She was in commission for 173 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 3 May 1945. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric
  • Diesel engines, 4400 PS
  • Electric motors, 4400 PS
Armament
  • 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 4 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns
  • 12 TMC mines

Sister ships

93 more in the class

Sources