Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine 1939

German submarine UA (1939)

Displacement
1,110 long tons (1,128 t)
Length
86.65 m (284.3 ft)
Beam
6.8 m (22.3 ft)
Speed
18 knots (33.3 km/h, 20.7 mph)
Complement
45
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as UA (ex-Batiray)20 September 1939 — 3 May 19452,052 days of the war
German submarine UA (1939) Particulars
Name
UA
Pennant / hull number
1939
Builder
Germaniawerft, Kiel
Ordered
1936
Laid down
10 February 1937
Launched
28 August 1938
Commissioned
20 September 1939
Fate
Scuttled on 3 May 1945 (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,110 long tons (1,128 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
Length
86.65 m (284.3 ft)
Beam
6.8 m (22.3 ft)
Draught
4.12 m (13.5 ft)
Speed
18 knots (33.3 km/h, 20.7 mph)
Range
13,000 nmi (24,076 km)
Complement
45
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

UA was a submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1939. Her keel was laid at Germaniawerft, Kiel on 10 February 1937. Launched on 28 August 1938, she entered service on 20 September 1939.

The boat displaced 1,110 long tons surfaced and 1,264 long tons submerged. She measured 86.7 m (284 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18 knots, and she carried a complement of 45.

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

She was in commission for 2,052 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 3 May 1945. 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
  • Burmeister & Wain diesel engines, 4600 PS
  • BBC electric motors 1300 PS
  • 2 shafts
Armament
  • 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
  • 1 × 10.5 cm L/45 deck gun
  • 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
  • 40 mines

Sources