Английская Википедия:German submarine U-704

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German submarine U-704 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Commissioned on 18 November 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Horst Wilhelm Kessler, U-704 carried out training operations as part of the 8th U-boat Flotilla until 30 June 1942.[1]

Design

German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-704 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 460/8–27 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-704 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

U-704 set out on its first patrol, a transit to its operational base at Saint-Nazaire on 30 June 1942.[2] During this patrol, U-704 formed part of wolfpack "Wolf" which was to patrol between Iceland and Greenland, out of the range of allied air cover. On 26 July 1942, U-704 torpedoed the Шаблон:GRT British freighter Empire Rainbow, part of convoy Convoy ON-113. Empire Rainbow had already been damaged by a torpedo from Шаблон:GS, and U-704Шаблон:'s torpedo sank the freighter.[2][3]

U-704 carried out a further four operational patrols under the command of Kessler from Saint Nazaire and La Pallice, sinking no further ships.[2] U-704 did fire four torpedoes at the troopship Queen Elizabeth on 9 November 1942, with Kessler claiming a hit, although Queen Elizabeth was undamaged.[4]

Fate

U-704 then served as a training submarine in the Baltic sea for the rest of the war, and was scuttled at Vegesack on 30 April 1945.[1]

Wolfpacks

U-704 took part in seven wolfpacks, namely:

  • Wolf (13 – 31 July 1942)
  • Pirat (31 July – 3 August 1942)
  • Steinbrinck (3 – 11 August 1942)
  • Panther (10 – 20 October 1942)
  • Veilchen (20 October – 7 November 1942)
  • Habicht (10 – 19 January 1943)
  • Haudegen (19 January – 9 February 1943)

Summary of raiding history

Date Ship Name Nationality Tonnage (GRT) Fate[5]
26 July 1942 Empire Rainbow Шаблон:Flag 6,942 Sunk

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ Blair Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942 2000, p. 655.
  4. ↑ Blair Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945 2000, p. 107.
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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