Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-3514

Type XXI submarine

German submarine U-3514
Original uploader was user:Megapixie at en.wikipedia — From the a US government document on ibiblio source http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ETO/Ultra/SRH-025/img/SRH025-p40.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Type XXI submarine diagram.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-35149 December 1944 — 9 May 1945151 days of the war
Type XXI submarine Particulars
Name
U-3514
Builder
F Schichau GmbH, Danzig
Ordered
6 November 1943
Laid down
21 August 1944
Launched
21 October 1944
Commissioned
9 December 1944
Fate
Surrendered on 9 May 1945
Sunk on 12 February 1946 during Operation Deadlight (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,595 long tons (1,621 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,790 long tons (1,819 t)
Length
76.7 m (251.6 ft) OA
Beam
8 m (26.2 ft)
Draught
6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Speed
17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
Range
15,500 nmi (28,706 km)
Complement
57
Main gun
37 mm (1.5 in)

U-3514 was a Type XXI submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. F Schichau GmbH, Danzig laid her keel on 21 August 1944. Launched on 21 October 1944, she entered service on 9 December 1944.

She was one of 118 ships of her class. The class followed the Type VII and was succeeded by the Type XXVI.

The boat displaced 1,595 long tons surfaced and 1,790 long tons submerged. She measured 76.7 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 57.

Her main battery was four 37 mm (1.5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 151 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 9 May 1945, at 56°00′N 10°05′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
  • Diesel/Electric
  • 2 × MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6-cylinder diesel engines
  • 2 × SSW GU365/30 double-acting electric motors
  • 2 × SSW GV232/28 silent running electric motors
Power
  • 4000 PS (diesel drive)
  • 5000 PS (standard electric drive)
  • 226 PS (silent electric drive)
Armament
  • 6 × bow torpedo tubes
  • 23 × 53.3 cm torpedoes or 17 × torpedoes and 12 × TMC mines
  • 4 × 2 cm AA guns or
  • 4 × 3.7 cm AA guns

Sister ships

93 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from German submarine U-3514 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Original uploader was user:Megapixie at en.wikipedia — From the a US government document on ibiblio source http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ETO/Ultra/SRH-025/img/SRH025-p40.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons