Английская Википедия:German submarine U-217
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Redirect
Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsШаблон:Infobox service recordGerman submarine U-217 was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Design
As one of the six German Type VIID submarines, U-217 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 supercharged four-stroke, six-cylinder 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-217 was fitted with five Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), twelve torpedoes, one [[8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun|Шаблон:Convert SK C/35 naval gun]], 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun, in addition to five mine tubes with fifteen SMA mines. The boat had a complement of between forty-four.Шаблон:Sfn
Service history
She was laid down on 30 January 1941, launched on 15 November and commissioned on 31 January 1942, U-217 served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla in a training capacity before moving on to the operational 9th flotilla on 1 August 1942 until she was sunk. U-217 completed three patrols and sank three ships totalling Шаблон:GRT.
She was sunk on 5 June 1943 in the mid-Atlantic with all hands by depth charges dropped by Grumman TBF Avengers from the escort carrier Шаблон:USS. The wreck lies at Шаблон:Coord, near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Wolfpacks
U-217 took part in two wolfpacks, namely:
- Pirat (30 July – 3 August 1942)
- Trutz (1 – 5 June 1943)
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1942 | Sea Gull D | Шаблон:Flag | 75 | Sunk |
| 14 December 1942 | Etna | Шаблон:Flag | 2,619 | Sunk |
| 3 February 1943 | Rhexnor | Шаблон:Flag | 7,957 | Sunk |
References
Bibliography
External links
Шаблон:German Type VII submarines Шаблон:June 1943 shipwrecks
- Английская Википедия
- 1941 ships
- German Type VIID submarines
- Ships built in Kiel
- U-boats sunk by US aircraft
- U-boats sunk by depth charges
- U-boats commissioned in 1942
- U-boats sunk in 1943
- World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
- World War II submarines of Germany
- Submarines lost with all hands
- Maritime incidents in June 1943
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
