Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-872

Type IXD2 submarine

Displacement
1,585 long tons (1,610 t)
Length
87.58 m (287.3 ft)
Beam
7.5 m (24.6 ft)
Speed
20.8 knots (38.5 km/h, 23.9 mph)
Complement
66
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-87210 February 1944 — 10 August 1944182 days of the war
Type IXD2 submarine Particulars
Name
U-872
Builder
DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Ordered
25 August 1941
Laid down
23 December 1942
Launched
20 October 1943
Commissioned
10 February 1944
Decommissioned
10 August 1944
Fate
Badly damaged on 29 July 1944 and scrapped (1944)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,585 long tons (1,610 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,771 long tons (1,799 t)
Length
87.58 m (287.3 ft) OA
Beam
7.5 m (24.6 ft)
Draught
5.35 m (17.6 ft)
Speed
20.8 knots (38.5 km/h, 23.9 mph)
Range
12,750 nmi (23,613 km)
Complement
66
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-872 was a Type IXD2 submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen laid her keel on 23 December 1942. She entered service on 10 February 1944, having been launched on 20 October 1943.

33 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,585 long tons surfaced and 1,771 long tons submerged. She measured 87.6 m (287 ft) long with a beam of 7.5 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 20.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 66.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 182 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 August 1944.

She was broken up for scrap on 29 July 1944.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 9000 PS (diesels)
  • 1000 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern)
  • 24 × torpedoes or 48 TMA or 72 TMB naval mines
  • 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 (150 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
  • 2 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

8 more in the class

Sources