Английская Википедия:German submarine U-431

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German submarine U-431 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 4 January 1940 by Schichau-Werke in Danzig as yard number 1472, launched on 2 February 1941 and commissioned on 5 April 1941 under Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Dommes (Knight's Cross).

Design

German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-431 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-431 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 service began on 5 April 1941 for training as part of the 3rd U-boat Flotilla. Afterwards she transferred to the 29th flotilla operating in the Mediterranean on 1 January 1942. In 16 patrols she sank or damaged 11 ships in total.[1]

Wolfpacks

She took part in one wolfpack, namely:

Fate

She was sunk on 21 October 1943 in the Mediterranean off Algiers at position Шаблон:Coord by depth charges dropped from a RAF Wellington bomber of 179 Squadron, operating out of Gibraltar. All hands were lost.[1]

Summary of raiding history

Date Ship Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 1] Fate[2]
2 October 1941 Hatasu Шаблон:Flag 3,198 Sunk
13 December 1941 Myriel Шаблон:Flag 3,560 Damaged
29 January 1942 HMS Sotra Шаблон:Navy 313 Sunk
20 May 1942 Eocene Шаблон:Flag 4,216 Sunk
15 June 1942 HMS LCT-119 Шаблон:Navy 450 Damaged
10 November 1942 Шаблон:HMS Шаблон:Navy 1,920 Sunk
13 November 1942 HNLMS Isaac Sweers Шаблон:Navy 1,628 Sunk
23 January 1943 Alexandria Шаблон:Flag 100 Sunk
25 January 1943 Mouyassar Шаблон:Flag 47 Sunk
25 January 1943 Omar el Kattab Шаблон:Flag 38 Sunk
26 January 1943 Hassan Шаблон:Flag 80 Sunk

See also

References

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External links

Шаблон:German Type VII submarines Шаблон:October 1943 shipwrecks

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