German submarine U-3519
- 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
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
Service
- as U-35196 January 1945 — 2 March 194555 days of the war
- Name
- U-3519
- Builder
- Schichau-Werke, Danzig
- Ordered
- 6 November 1943
- Laid down
- 19 September 1944
- Launched
- 23 November 1944
- Commissioned
- 6 January 1945
- Fate
- Sunk by mine on 2 March 1945
By mine (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,595 long tons (1,621 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,067 long tons (2,100 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
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
U-3519 was a Type XXI submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Schichau-Werke, Danzig laid her keel on 19 September 1944. Launched on 23 November 1944, she entered service on 6 January 1945.
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 2,067 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 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 55 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 2 March 1945 by mine, at 54°11′N 12°05′E. 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 × diesel engines, 4000 PS
- 2 × double-acting electric motors, 5000 PS
- 2 × silent running electric motors, 226 PS
- Armament
- 6 × bow torpedo tubes
- 23 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- or 17 × torpedoes and 12 × mines
- 4 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns
Sister ships
- French submarine Roland Morillot (S613)
- German submarine U-2501
- German submarine U-2502
- German submarine U-2503
- German submarine U-2504
- German submarine U-2505
- German submarine U-2506
- German submarine U-2507
- German submarine U-2508
- German submarine U-2509
- German submarine U-2510
- German submarine U-2511
- German submarine U-2512
- German submarine U-2513
- German submarine U-2514
- German submarine U-2515
- German submarine U-2516
- German submarine U-2517
- German submarine U-2519
- German submarine U-2520
- German submarine U-2521
- German submarine U-2522
- German submarine U-2523
- German submarine U-2524
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-3519 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.