German submarine U-921

Type VIIC submarine

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-92130 May 1943 — 24 September 1944485 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-921
Builder: Neptun Werft AG, Rostock
Ordered: 6 June 1941
Laid down: 15 October 1941
Launched: 3 April 1943
Commissioned: 30 May 1943
Fate: Missing since 24 September 1944 (1944)
Status: Unknown

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-921 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Neptun Werft AG, Rostock on 15 October 1941. She entered service on 30 May 1943, having been launched on 3 April 1943.

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 485 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

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 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-921 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: UK Government — This photograph A 16040 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons