German submarine U-337
History | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-337 |
Ordered | 21 November 1940 |
Builder | Nordseewerke, Emden |
Yard number | 209 |
Laid down | 1 April 1941 |
Launched | 26 March 1942 |
Commissioned | 6 May 1942 |
Fate | Listed as missing, 3 January 1943[1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
Height | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 PS (2,800–3,200 bhp; 2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 PS (740 shp; 550 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
Test depth | list error: <br /> list (help) 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
Complement | 44–52 officers and ratings |
Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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Service record[1][3] | |
Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 5th U-boat Flotilla (6 May 1942–31 December 1942) 6th U-boat Flotilla (1–3 January 1943) |
Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Oblt.z.S. Kurt Ruwiedel (6 May 1942–3 January 1943) |
Operations: | 1st patrol: 24 December 1942–3 January 1943) |
Victories: | None |
German submarine U-337 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.[1]
The submarine was laid down on 1 April 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden, launched on 26 March 1942, and commissioned on 6 May 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Kurt Ruwiedel.[1]
Service history
After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, U-337 was transferred to the 6th U-boat Flotilla based at Saint-Nazaire in France for front-line service.[1]
After sailing from Kiel on 24 December 1942, the U-boat sailed north and then west into the Atlantic south of Iceland.[4] Her last radio report, on 3 January 1943, gave her position as 63°N 12°W / 63°N 12°W. The U-boat was never heard from again. There is no explanation for its loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC U-boat U-337". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Gröner 1985, pp. 72–74.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by U-337". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Patrol of U-337 from 24 Dec 1942 to 3 Jan 1943". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
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(help) - Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher (in German). Vol. III. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
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External links
- U-337 at ubootwaffe.net [dead link]
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 337". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-337". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
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