German submarine U-52 (1938)
Service
- as U-524 February 1939 — 22 October 19431,512 days of the war
- Name
- U-52
- Pennant / hull number
- 1938
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 15 May 1937
- Laid down
- 9 March 1937
- Launched
- 21 December 1938
- Commissioned
- 4 February 1939
- Decommissioned
- 22 October 1943
- Fate
- Sank by Royal Air Force at Danzig 3 May 1945, broken up, 1946–7 (1945)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 741 long tons (753 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 843 long tons (857 t)
- Length
- 66.5 m (218.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
- Range
- 8,700 nmi (16,112 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-52 was a submarine of the Type VIIB U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1938. Her keel was laid at Germaniawerft, Kiel on 9 March 1937. Launched on 21 December 1938, she entered service on 4 February 1939.
Her class ran to 24 ships. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 741 long tons surfaced and 843 long tons submerged. She measured 66.5 m (218 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,512 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 October 1943.
She was broken up for scrap on 3 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
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-100 (1940)
- German submarine U-101 (1940)
- German submarine U-102 (1940)
- German submarine U-45 (1938)
- German submarine U-46 (1938)
- German submarine U-47 (1938)
- German submarine U-48 (1939)
- German submarine U-49 (1939)
- German submarine U-50 (1939)
- German submarine U-51 (1938)
- German submarine U-53 (1939)
- German submarine U-54 (1939)
- German submarine U-55 (1939)
- German submarine U-73 (1940)
- German submarine U-74 (1940)
- German submarine U-75 (1940)
- German submarine U-76 (1940)
- German submarine U-83 (1940)
- German submarine U-84 (1941)
- German submarine U-85 (1941)
- German submarine U-86 (1941)
- German submarine U-87 (1941)
- German submarine U-99 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-52 (1938) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: UK Government — http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons