Английская Википедия:German submarine U-406
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German submarine U-406 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 6 September 1940 by Danziger Werft, Danzig as yard number 107, launched on 16 June 1941 and commissioned on 22 October 1941 under Oberleutnant zur See Horst Dietrichs.
Design
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-406 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 Siemens-Schuckert GU 343/38–8 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-406 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 a [[2 cm FlaK 30|Шаблон:Convert C/30]] anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.Шаблон:Sfn
Service history
The boat's career began with training at 8th U-boat Flotilla on 22 October 1941, followed by active service on 1 May 1942 as part of the 7th Flotilla for the remainder of her service.
During the attack of Convoy ON 92 on May 11 and May 12, 1942, U-406 would suffer from torpedo launch failures on two separate occasions thus failing to hit any ship.
In eight patrols she sank one merchant ship, for a total of Шаблон:GRT, and damaged three merchant ships for a total of Шаблон:GRT.
Wolfpacks
U-406 took part in eleven wolfpacks, namely:
- Hecht (8 May – 18 June 1942)
- Blücher (14 – 28 August 1942)
- Iltis (6 – 23 September 1942)
- Spitz (22 – 31 December 1942)
- Neuland (4 – 13 March 1943)
- Dränger (14 – 20 March 1943)
- Drossel (29 April – 5 May 1943)
- Rügen (14 – 26 January 1944)
- Stürmer (26 January – 3 February 1944)
- Igel 1 (3 – 17 February 1944)
- Hai 1 (17 – 18 February 1944)
Fate
U-406 was sunk on 18 February 1944 in the North Atlantic in position Шаблон:Coord, by depth charges from Royal Navy frigate Шаблон:HMS. Twelve of the crew were killed.
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1942 | City of Manila | Шаблон:Flag | 7,452 | Sunk |
| 28 December 1942 | Baron Cochrane | Шаблон:Flag | 3,385 | Damaged |
| 28 December 1942 | Lynton Grange | Шаблон:Flag | 5,029 | Damaged |
| 28 December 1942 | Zarian | Шаблон:Flag | 4,871 | Damaged |
Legacy
U-406 is mentioned in Wolfpack, a song released by the Power metal band Sabaton in their 2005 debut studio album Primo Victoria.
See also
References
Bibliography
External links
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