German submarine U-504

Type IXC submarine

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-50430 July 1941 — 30 July 1943730 days of the war

Type IXC submarine Particulars

Name: U-504
Builder: Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Ordered: 25 September 1939
Laid down: 29 April 1940
Launched: 24 April 1941
Commissioned: 30 July 1941
Fate: Sunk on 30 July 1943 (1943)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 1,102 long tons (1,120 t)
Displacement, submerged: 1,213 long tons (1,232 t)
Length: 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
Beam: 6.76 m (22.2 ft)
Draught: 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Speed: 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
Range: 13,450 nmi (24,909 km)
Complement: 48
Main gun: 105 mm (4.1 in)

U-504 was a Type IXC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. Deutsche Werft, Hamburg laid her keel on 29 April 1940. She entered service on 30 July 1941, having been launched on 24 April 1941.

Her class ran to 142 ships. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,102 long tons surfaced and 1,213 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 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 730 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 30 July 1943, at 45°33′N 10°56′W. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

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 deck gun (180 rounds)
1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns

Sister ships

117 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-504 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Jeremy Atherton — Self-photographed — CC BY-SA 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons