German submarine U-66 (1940)
Service
- as U-662 January 1941 — 6 May 19441,220 days of the war
- Name
- U-66
- Pennant / hull number
- 1940
- Builder
- AG Weser, Bremen
- Ordered
- 7 August 1939
- Laid down
- 20 March 1940
- Launched
- 10 October 1940
- Commissioned
- 2 January 1941
- Fate
- Sunk 6 May 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,102 long tons (1,120 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,213 long tons (1,232 t)
- Length
- 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.76 m (22.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
- Range
- 13,450 nmi (24,909 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-66 was a submarine of the Type IXC U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Her keel was laid at AG Weser, Bremen on 20 March 1940. She entered service on 2 January 1941, having been launched on 10 October 1940.
She was one of 142 ships of her class. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.
The boat displaced 1,102 long tons surfaced and 1,213 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 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 1,220 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 6 May 1944, at 17°17′N 32°29′W. 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
- German submarine U-1221
- German submarine U-1222
- German submarine U-1223
- German submarine U-1224
- German submarine U-1225
- German submarine U-1226
- German submarine U-1227
- German submarine U-1228
- German submarine U-1229
- German submarine U-1230
- German submarine U-1231
- German submarine U-1232
- German submarine U-1233
- German submarine U-1234
- German submarine U-1235
- German submarine U-125 (1940)
- German submarine U-126 (1940)
- German submarine U-127 (1941)
- German submarine U-128 (1941)
- German submarine U-129 (1941)
- German submarine U-130 (1941)
- German submarine U-131 (1941)
- German submarine U-153 (1941)
- German submarine U-154 (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-66 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — http://www.history.navy.mil — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons