German submarine U-93 (1940)

Type VIIC submarine

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-9330 July 1940 — 15 January 1942536 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-93
Pennant / hull number: 1940
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Ordered: 30 May 1938
Laid down: 9 September 1939
Launched: 8 June 1940
Commissioned: 30 July 1940
Fate: Sunk 15 January 1942 (1942)
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-93 was a Type VIIC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Germaniawerft, Kiel laid her keel on 9 September 1939. She entered service on 30 July 1940, having been launched on 8 June 1940.

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 536 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 15 January 1942, at 36°10′N 15°52′W. 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-93 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — Tompei — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons