German submarine U-41 (1939)
Service
- as U-4122 April 1939 — 5 February 1940157 days of the war
- Name
- U-41
- Pennant / hull number
- 1939
- Builder
- DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
- Ordered
- 21 November 1936
- Laid down
- 27 November 1937
- Launched
- 28 January 1939
- Commissioned
- 22 April 1939
- Fate
- Sunk on 5 February 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,016 long tons (1,032 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,135 long tons (1,153 t)
- Length
- 76.5 m (251 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.51 m (21.4 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
- Range
- 10,500 nmi (19,446 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-41 was a Type IXA submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1939. DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen laid her keel on 27 November 1937. Launched on 28 January 1939, she entered service on 22 April 1939.
She was one of eight ships of her class. The class followed the Type VII submarine and was succeeded by the Type IXB submarine.
The boat displaced 1,016 long tons surfaced and 1,135 long tons submerged. She measured 76.5 m (251 ft) long with a beam of 6.5 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 18.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.
She was in commission for 157 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 5 February 1940, at 49°20′N 10°04′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
- 4400 PS (diesels)
- 1000 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun (180 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
- 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-41 (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1032-11A,_Lorient,_U-37.jpg : Mannewitz derivative work: Jezhotwells ( talk ) — Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1032-11A,_Lorient,_U-37.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0 de — Wikimedia Commons