German submarine U-215

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote".

<templatestyles src="Template:Infobox ship/styles.css"/>

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Infobox ship/subboxTemplate:Infobox ship/subboxTemplate:Infobox ship/subboxTemplate:Infobox ship/subbox

German submarine U-215 was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat (Unterseeboot) of Nazi Germany's Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. She was one of six U-boats of her kind, equipped with special vertical tubes that launched the mines.[1] Her keel was laid down 15 November 1940 by Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 647. The U-boat was launched on 9 October 1941 and commissioned on 22 November with Kapitänleutnant Fritz Hoeckner in command.

Design

As one of the six German Type VIID submarines, U-215 had a displacement of Script error: No such module "convert". when at the surface and Script error: No such module "convert". while submerged.Template:Sfn She had a total length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a pressure hull length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert"., a height of Script error: No such module "convert"., and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 supercharged, four-stroke, six-cylinder, diesel engines producing a total of Script error: No such module "convert". for use while surfaced and two AEG GU 460/8-276 double-acting electric motors producing a total of Script error: No such module "convert". for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two Script error: No such module "convert". propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths down to Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Script error: No such module "convert". and a maximum submerged speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn When submerged, the boat could operate for Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert".; when surfaced, she could travel Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert".. U-215 was fitted with five Script error: No such module "convert". torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), 12 torpedoes, one Script error: No such module "convert". SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and an antiaircraft gun, in addition to five mine tubes with 15 SMA mines. The boat had a crew complement of 49.Template:Sfn

Service history

U-215 was sunk in the summer of 1942 by British warship HMS Le Tiger, while on a mission to lay mines in Boston Harbor after attacking and sinking the U.S. Liberty ship SS Alexander Macomb, part of an allied convoy. The wreck was not discovered until 2004.[2]

Wreck site

She now lies Script error: No such module "convert". beneath the surface of the Atlantic, Script error: No such module "convert". off the coast of New England and south of Nova Scotia, in Canadian territorial waters. Four of her five vertical tubes are still sealed, and her hatches are still sealed with the remains of 49 German sailors entombed within.[3]

Summary of raiding history

Date Ship name Nationality Tonnage (GRT) Fate[4]
3 July 1942 SS Alexander Macomb File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,191 Sunk

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Further reading

<templatestyles src="Refbegin/styles.css" />

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

External links

Template:German Type VII submarines Template:July 1942 shipwrecks

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".

Template:Use dmy dates

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-215&oldid=5262134"