Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-519

Type IXC submarine

German submarine U-519
Jeremy Atherton — Self-photographed — CC BY-SA 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons Plate U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. October 2005.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-5197 May 1942 — 31 January 1943266 days of the war
Type IXC submarine Particulars
Name
U-519
Builder
Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Ordered
14 February 1940
Laid down
23 June 1941
Launched
12 February 1942
Commissioned
7 May 1942
Fate
Missing in the Bay of Biscay since 31 January 1943 (1943)
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-519 was a Type IXC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Deutsche Werft, Hamburg laid her keel on 23 June 1941. Launched on 12 February 1942, she entered service on 7 May 1942.

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 266 days of the Second World War.

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