German submarine U-282
Appearance
History | |
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Name | U-280 |
Ordered | 5 June 1941 |
Builder | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
Yard number | 45 |
Laid down | 30 April 1942 |
Launched | 4 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 13 February 1943 |
Fate | Sunk, 29 October 1943[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 long tons (885 t) submerged |
Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
Draft | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
Test depth | list error: <br /> list (help) 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
Complement | 44–52 officers and ratings |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
Service record[2][3] | |
Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 8th U-boat Flotilla (13 February–31 July 1943) 9th U-boat Flotilla (1 August–16 November 1943) |
Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Oblt. Rudolf Müller (13 March 1943–29 October 1943) |
Operations: | 1st patrol: 16 October–29 October 1943 |
Victories: | None |
German submarine U-282 was a type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine in World War II. She was built at the Bremer-Vegesacker yard in Bremen. She was laid down on 2 June 1942, launched on 3 February 1943 and commissioned on 13 March 1943 with Oberleutnant Rudolf Müller in command.
The boat and crew commenced training with the 8th U-boat flotilla, moving on to the 9th flotilla for operations. The boat was sunk on its first war patrol by attacks from the destroyer HMS Vidette and the corvette HMS Sunflower on 29 October 1943 in mid-Atlantic.[4]
References
- ^ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1999, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 154.
- ^ "The Type VIIC boat U-282 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "Patrol of U-boat U-282 from 16 Oct 1943 to 29 October 1943 - U-boat patrols - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ Kemp, p. 154.
Categories:
- 1943 ships
- U-boats commissioned in 1943
- Ships lost with all hands
- U-boats sunk in 1943
- U-boats sunk by depth charges
- U-boats sunk by British warships
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- World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
- Ships built in Bremen (state)
- German Type VII submarines
- World War II submarines of Germany
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