Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-516

Type IXC submarine

German submarine U-516
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 28552 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The German submarine U-516 , with a black surrender flag flying, awaiting instructions from the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cavendish (R15), 10 May 1945.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-51621 February 1942 — 14 May 19451,178 days of the war
Type IXC submarine Particulars
Name
U-516
Builder
Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Ordered
14 February 1940
Laid down
12 May 1941
Launched
16 December 1941
Commissioned
21 February 1942
Fate
Surrendered on 14 May 1945 at Loch Eriboll in Scotland; transferred to Lisahally in Northern Ireland. Sunk on 2 January 1946 (1945)
Status
Unknown

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
18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
Range
13,450 nmi (24,909 km)
Complement
48
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-516 was a Type IXC submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werft, Hamburg on 12 May 1941. She entered service on 21 February 1942, having been launched on 16 December 1941.

142 ships of the class were built. 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 18.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 1,178 days of the Second World War.

She was transferred on 14 May 1945.

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 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-516 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 28552 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons