Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-3515

Type XXI submarine

Displacement
1,595 long tons (1,621 t)
Length
76.7 m (251.6 ft)
Beam
8 m (26.2 ft)
Speed
17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
Complement
57
Main gun
37 mm (1.5 in)

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-351514 December 1944 — 9 May 1945146 days of the war
  2. Soviet Navy as B-3013 February 1946 — 25 September 1959
Type XXI submarine Particulars
Name
U-3515
Builder
F Schichau GmbH, Danzig
Ordered
6 November 1943
Laid down
27 August 1944
Launched
4 November 1944
Commissioned
14 December 1944
Struck
25 September 1959
Fate
Broken up for scrap on either 30 November 1959 or 5 February 1973 (1959)
Status
Scrapped

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-3515 was a Type XXI submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. F Schichau GmbH, Danzig laid her keel on 27 August 1944. She entered service on 14 December 1944, having been launched on 4 November 1944.

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

The boat displaced 1,595 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 served with the Kriegsmarine as U-3515 until 9 May 1945. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as B-30 from 13 February 1946. She was in commission for 146 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 25 September 1959.

She was broken up for scrap on 30 November 1959.

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