German submarine U-61 (1939)
- Displacement
- 286 long tons (291 t)
- Length
- 43.9 m (144 ft)
- Beam
- 4.08 m (13.4 ft)
- Speed
- 12 knots (22.2 km/h, 13.8 mph)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
Service
- as U-6112 August 1939 — 5 May 19452,073 days of the war
- Name
- U-61
- Pennant / hull number
- 1939
- Builder
- Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel
- Ordered
- 21 July 1937
- Laid down
- 1 October 1938
- Launched
- 15 June 1939
- Commissioned
- 12 August 1939
- Fate
- Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, 5 May 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 286 long tons (291 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 336 long tons (341 t)
- Length
- 43.9 m (144 ft) OA
- Beam
- 4.08 m (13.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.82 m (12.5 ft)
- Speed
- 12 knots (22.2 km/h, 13.8 mph)
- Range
- 1,900 nmi (3,519 km)
- Complement
- 25
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
U-61 was a Type IIC coastal submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1939. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel on 1 October 1938. She entered service on 12 August 1939, having been launched on 15 June 1939.
She was one of 50 ships of her class. The class followed the CV 707-type submarine and was succeeded by the Planned:.
The boat displaced 286 long tons surfaced and 336 long tons submerged. She measured 43.9 m (144 ft) long with a beam of 4.1 m (13 ft). Her designed speed was 12 knots, and she carried a complement of 25.
Her main battery was one 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,073 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 5 May 1945. 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
- 700 PS (diesels)
- 410 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1 (1935)
- German submarine U-10 (1935)
- German submarine U-11 (1935)
- German submarine U-12 (1935)
- German submarine U-120 (1940)
- German submarine U-121 (1940)
- German submarine U-13 (1935)
- German submarine U-137 (1940)
- German submarine U-138 (1940)
- German submarine U-139 (1940)
- German submarine U-14 (1935)
- German submarine U-140 (1940)
- German submarine U-141 (1940)
- German submarine U-142 (1940)
- German submarine U-143 (1940)
- German submarine U-144 (1940)
- German submarine U-145 (1940)
- German submarine U-146 (1940)
- German submarine U-147 (1940)
- German submarine U-148 (1940)
- German submarine U-149 (1940)
- German submarine U-15 (1936)
- German submarine U-150 (1940)
- German submarine U-151 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-61 (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.