Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-857
- Displacement
- 1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
- Length
- 76.76 m (251.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6.86 m (22.5 ft)
- Speed
- 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
Service
- as U-85716 September 1943 — 30 April 1945590 days of the war
Type IXC/40 submarine
Particulars
- Name
- U-857
- Builder
- DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
- Ordered
- 5 June 1941
- Laid down
- 16 November 1942
- Launched
- 25 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 16 September 1943
- Fate
- Missing since 30 April 1945 in the North Atlantic off the U.S. East Coast (1945)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,237 long tons (1,257 t)
- Length
- 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.86 m (22.5 ft)
- Draught
- 4.67 m (15.3 ft)
- Speed
- 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
- Range
- 13,850 nmi (25,650 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-857 was a Type IXC/40 submarine of the Kriegsmarine. DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen laid her keel on 16 November 1942. She entered service on 16 September 1943, having been launched on 25 May 1943.
Her class ran to 142 ships. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.
The boat displaced 1,126 long tons surfaced and 1,237 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.9 m (23 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 590 days of the Second World War.
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 Flak M42 AA gun
- 2 x twin 2 cm C/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-857 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.