German submarine U-583
- Displacement
- 757 long tons (769 t)
- Length
- 67.1 m (220.1 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Speed
- 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
Service
- as U-58314 August 1941 — 15 November 194193 days of the war
- Name
- U-583
- Builder
- Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
- Ordered
- 8 January 1940
- Laid down
- 1 October 1940
- Launched
- 26 June 1941
- Commissioned
- 14 August 1941
- Fate
- Sunk after a collision in the Baltic Sea on 15 November 1941
By collision (1941) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 757 long tons (769 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 857 long tons (871 t)
- Length
- 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
- Range
- 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-583 was a Type VIIC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 1 October 1940. Launched on 26 June 1941, she entered service on 14 August 1941.
She was one of 612 ships of her class. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 93 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 15 November 1941 by collision. 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
- 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 x 2 cm C/30 AA gun
Sister ships
- French submarine Laubie
- German submarine U-1000
- German submarine U-1004
- German submarine U-1017
- German submarine U-1018
- German submarine U-1021
- German submarine U-1022
- German submarine U-1023
- German submarine U-1024
- German submarine U-1051
- German submarine U-1052
- German submarine U-1053
- German submarine U-1054
- German submarine U-1055
- German submarine U-1056
- German submarine U-1057
- German submarine U-1058
- German submarine U-1063
- German submarine U-1064
- German submarine U-1065
- German submarine U-1101
- German submarine U-1102
- German submarine U-1131
- German submarine U-1132
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-583 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.