Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-534

Type IXC/40 submarine

German submarine U-534
Paul adams — Own work — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate German WW2, U Boat 534 at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-53423 December 1942 — 5 May 1945864 days of the war
Type IXC/40 submarine Particulars
Name
U-534
Builder
Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg
Ordered
10 April 1941
Laid down
20 February 1942
Launched
23 September 1942
Commissioned
23 December 1942
Fate
Sunk by aircraft on 5 May 1945
Salvaged on 23 August 1993
Museum ship since 10 February 2009 (1945)
Status
Preserved

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-534 was a Type IXC/40 submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg on 20 February 1942. Launched on 23 September 1942, she entered service on 23 December 1942.

142 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,126 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 864 days of the Second World War.

She has been preserved on 5 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 × MAN (Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nuremberg) 9-cylinder 4-stroke M9V 40/46 diesel engines with Büchi superchargers
  • 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