Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-368

Type VIIC submarine

Displacement
757 long tons (769 t)
Length
67.23 m (220.6 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

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-3687 January 1944 — 5 May 1945484 days of the war
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-368
Builder
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Ordered
25 August 1941
Laid down
20 August 1942
Launched
16 November 1943
Commissioned
7 January 1944
Fate
Surrendered at Heligoland on 5 May 1945, sunk as part of Operation Deadlight on 17 December 1945 (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
757 long tons (769 t)
Displacement, submerged
857 long tons (871 t)
Length
67.23 m (220.6 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-368 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg laid her keel on 20 August 1942. She entered service on 7 January 1944, having been launched on 16 November 1943.

She was one of 612 ships of her class. 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 67.2 m (221 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 484 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 5 May 1945, at 56°14′N 10°37′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
  • 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
  • 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