German submarine U-307

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-30718 November 1942 — 29 April 1945892 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-307
Builder: Flender Werke, Lübeck
Ordered: 20 January 1941
Laid down: 5 November 1941
Launched: 30 September 1942
Commissioned: 18 November 1942
Fate: Sunk by depth charges, 29 April 1945 (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-307 was a Type VIIC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. Flender Werke, Lübeck laid her keel on 5 November 1941. Launched on 30 September 1942, she entered service on 18 November 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 892 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 29 April 1945, at 69°24′N 33°44′E. 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 mines
1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-307 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.