Английская Википедия:German submarine U-608

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German submarine U-608 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. During the Battle of the Atlantic, she was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Rolf Struckmeier as a unit of Wolfpack Vorwärts.

She was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay on 10 August 1944 after being attacked by a RAF Liberator aircraft with depth charges.

Design

German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-608 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 BBC GG UB 720/8 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-608 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

Fate

She was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay on 10 August 1944 after being attacked by a RAF Liberator aircraft with depth charges. The damaged boat surfaced unnoticed and was scuttled by her crew, which was rescued by Шаблон:HMS six hours later suffering no losses.Шаблон:Sfn

Wolfpacks

U-608 took part in 19 wolfpacks, namely:

  • Stier (29 August – 2 September 1942)
  • Vorwärts (2 – 15 September 1942)
  • Pfeil (1 – 9 February 1943)
  • Neptun (18 February – 3 March 1943)
  • Neuland (8 – 13 March 1943)
  • Dränger (14 – 20 March 1943)
  • Trutz (1 – 16 June 1943)
  • Trutz 1 (16 – 29 June 1943)
  • Geier 1 (30 June – 15 July 1943)
  • Schlieffen (14 – 22 October 1943)
  • Siegfried (22 – 27 October 1943)
  • Siegfried 1 (27 – 30 October 1943)
  • Jahn (31 October – 2 November 1943)
  • Tirpitz 2 (2 – 8 November 1943)
  • Eisenhart 7 (9 – 11 November 1943)
  • Schill 2 (17 – 22 November 1943)
  • Igel 2 (9 – 17 February 1944)
  • Hai 1 (17 – 22 February 1944)
  • Preussen (22 February – 14 March 1944)

Summary of raiding history

Date Ship Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 1] Fate[1]
12 September 1942 Шаблон:SS Шаблон:Flag 13,797 Sunk
12 September 1942 Empire Moonbeam Шаблон:Flag 6,849 Sunk
16 November 1942 Шаблон:SS Шаблон:Flag 5,621 Sunk
8 February 1943 Daghild Шаблон:Flag 9,272 Sunk
8 February 1943 HMS LCT-2335[Note 2] Шаблон:Navy 291 Sunk

References

Notes

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External links

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