Английская Википедия:German submarine U-102 (1940)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsШаблон:Infobox service recordGerman submarine U-102 was a Type VIIB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The U-boat was laid down on 22 May 1939 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel as yard number 596, launched on 21 March 1940 and commissioned on 27 April under the command of Kapitänleutnant Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt to serve with the 7th U-boat Flotilla from 27 April 1940 to 1 June for crew training and operationally until she was sunk on 1 July. She sank one Allied ship, claiming Шаблон:GRT.
Design
German Type VIIB submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIA submarines. U-102 had a displacement of Шаблон:Convert when at the surface and Шаблон:Convert while submerged.Шаблон:Sfn She had a total length of Шаблон:Convert, a pressure hull length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a height of Шаблон:Convert, and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8-276 double-acting electric motors producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two Шаблон:Convert propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Шаблон:Convert and a maximum submerged speed of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn When submerged, the boat could operate for Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert; when surfaced, she could travel Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. U-102 was fitted with five Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one [[8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun|Шаблон:Convert SK C/35 naval gun]], 220 rounds, and one [[2 cm Flak 30|Шаблон:Convert]] anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.Шаблон:Sfn
Service history
U-102Шаблон:'s first and only patrol began on 22 June 1940. Having sunk the Clearton about Шаблон:Convert west of Ushant (often known as Ouessant, an island in northwest France)[1] on 1 July, she was herself sunk on the same day as the latter ship by depth charges from a British destroyer, Шаблон:HMS.[2]
43 men died with the submarine; there were no survivors.
After the U-boat's sinking, Vansittart rescued the 26 survivors from Clearton.
Previously Recorded Fate
U-102 was originally believed to have been sunk in the Bay of Biscay due to unknown causes on or after 30 June 1940.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[3] |
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1 July 1940 | Clearton | Шаблон:Flag | 5,219 | Sunk |
References
Bibliography
External links
Шаблон:German Type VII submarines Шаблон:July 1940 shipwrecks
- ↑ The Times Atlas of the World - Third edition, revised 1995, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 14
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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