Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-701

Type VIIC submarine

German submarine U-701
USN — http://www.history.navy.mil — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Rescue of U-701 Survivors July 9, 1942 Coast Guard PH-2 seaplane lands to rescue U-701 survivors - Navy K-type airship overhead had earlier located survivors and dropped raft and supplies to the survivors

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-70116 July 1941 — 7 July 1942356 days of the war
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-701
Builder
HC Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg
Ordered
9 October 1939
Laid down
3 May 1940
Launched
16 April 1941
Commissioned
16 July 1941
Fate
Sunk by a USAAF Hudson on 7 July 1942 about 22 miles off Cape Hatteras. Seven survivors including the Captain were taken as prisoners of war. (1942)
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-701 was a Type VIIC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at HC Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg on 3 May 1940. She entered service on 16 July 1941, having been launched on 16 April 1941.

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 356 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 7 July 1942, at 35°14′N 75°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 AA gun

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources