Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-763

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

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-76313 March 1943 — 29 January 1945687 days of the war
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-763
Builder
Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
Ordered
15 August 1940
Laid down
21 January 1941
Launched
16 January 1943
Commissioned
13 March 1943
Fate
Scuttled on 29 January 1945 in the Schichau-Werke shipyard, Königsberg in position 54 after being damaged in a Soviet air raid. (1945)
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-763 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven laid her keel on 21 January 1941. Launched on 16 January 1943, she entered service on 13 March 1943.

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 687 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 29 January 1945, at 54°42′N 20°32′E. 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
  • 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
  • 2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources