Английская Википедия:German submarine U-307
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German submarine U-307 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The U-boat was laid down on 5 November 1941, and commissioned on 18 November 1942.
Design
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-307 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 Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. RP 137/c 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-307 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 two twin [[2 cm FlaK 30|Шаблон:Convert C/30]] anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.Шаблон:Sfn
Service history
Despite carrying out 13 war patrols between July 1943 and April 1945, U-307 sank only two vessels; the 7,176 GRT American Liberty ship Шаблон:SS on 30 April 1944, fifty miles south of Bear Island, and the 50 GRT Norwegian Army motor boat Lennox in Van Mijenfjorden, Spitsbergen, on 18 August 1944.
In September 1944, together with the supply ship Carl J. Busch, U-307 transported the men of Operation Haudegen, a German military meteorological mission, to Svalbard.
Wolfpacks
U-307 took part in twelve wolfpacks, namely:
- Wiking (5 September – 8 October 1943)
- Monsun (3 October – 23 November 1943)
- Eisenbart (28 October – 8 December 1943)
- Boreas (28 February – 10 March 1944)
- Thor (17 – 26 March 1944)
- Donner (17 – 20 April 1944)
- Donner & Keil (20 April – 3 May 1944)
- Grimm (31 May - 6 June 1944)
- Trutz (8 June – 10 July 1944)
- Rasmus (6 – 13 February 1945)
- Hagen (13 – 21 March 1945)
- Faust (21 – 29 April 1945)
Fate
U-307 was sunk on 29 April 1945 in the Barents Sea near Murmansk, Russia, in position Шаблон:Coord by depth charges from the British Loch class frigate Шаблон:HMS. There were 37 dead and 14 survivors.
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 1944 | William S. Thayer | Шаблон:Flag | 7,176 | Sunk |
| 18 August 1944 | Lennox | Шаблон:Flag | 50 | Sunk |
References
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