German submarine U-752

Type VIIC submarine

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

Kriegsmarine as U-75224 May 1941 — 23 May 1943729 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-752
Builder: Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
Ordered: 9 October 1939
Laid down: 5 January 1940
Launched: 29 March 1941
Commissioned: 24 May 1941
Fate: Scuttled on 23 May 1943 after air rocket attack in North Atlantic (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-752 was a Type VIIC submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven on 5 January 1940. She entered service on 24 May 1941, having been launched on 29 March 1941.

612 ships of the class were built. 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 729 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 23 May 1943. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

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

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-752 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.