Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-530

Type IXC/40 submarine

German submarine U-530
File:U-530.jpg : Unknown author derivative work: Georgfotoart — This file was derived from: U-530.jpg : — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate An Argentine Navy boarding party inspects German u-boat U-530, July 1945.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-53014 October 1942 — 10 July 19451,000 days of the war
Type IXC/40 submarine Particulars
Name
U-530
Builder
Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder
Ordered
15 August 1940
Laid down
8 December 1941
Launched
28 July 1942
Commissioned
14 October 1942
Fate
Surrendered in Mar del Plata, Argentina on 10 July 1945
Sunk during torpedo tests on 28 November 1947 by submarine USS Toro (SS-422)
By submarine (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,237 long tons (1,257 t)
Length
76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
Beam
6.86 m (22.5 ft)
Draught
4.67 m (15.3 ft)
Speed
18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
Range
13,850 nmi (25,650 km)
Complement
48
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-530 was a Type IXC/40 submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder on 8 December 1941. She entered service on 14 October 1942, having been launched on 28 July 1942.

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

The boat displaced 1,126 long tons surfaced and 1,237 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.9 m (23 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 1,000 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 10 July 1945 by submarine. 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 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-530 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: File:U-530.jpg : Unknown author derivative work: Georgfotoart — This file was derived from: U-530.jpg : — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons