Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine 1940

German submarine U-69 (1940)

Type VIIC submarine

German submarine U-69 (1940)
Unknown author — CC BY 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1940

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-692 November 1940 — 17 February 1943837 days of the war
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-69
Pennant / hull number
1940
Builder
Germaniawerft, Kiel
Ordered
30 May 1938
Laid down
11 November 1939
Launched
19 September 1940
Commissioned
2 November 1940
Fate
Sunk, 17 February 1943 (1943)
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-69 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Her keel was laid at Germaniawerft, Kiel on 11 November 1939. Launched on 19 September 1940, she entered service on 2 November 1940.

Her class ran to 612 ships. 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 837 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 17 February 1943, at 50°36′N 41°07′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
  • 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 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources