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Revision as of 12:08, 3 October 2014
History | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-756 |
Ordered | 9 October 1939[1] |
Builder | Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven |
Laid down | 18 January 1940[1] |
Launched | 30 October 1941[1] |
Commissioned | 30 Dec 1941[1] |
Status | Destroyed 1 September 1942[1] |
General characteristics | |
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 |
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 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × GL RP 137/c electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 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 & ratings |
Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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Service record | |
Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 1 Aug 1942 - 1 Sep 1942[1] |
Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Kptlt. Klaus Harney 30 Dec 1941 - 1 Sep 1942 |
Operations: | 1 patrol |
German submarine U-756 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Launched from Werk 139 at the Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW) in Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony (then, the Free State of Oldenburg), she served with 6th U-boat flotilla from 30 December 1941 to 1 September 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Klaus Harney.[1] U-756 did not survive to complete her first patrol and did not sink or damage any ships.
Eighteen days into her first patrol,[2] on September 1, 1942 U-756 was in position 58°08′N 27°33′W / 58.133°N 27.550°W in the mid North-Atlantic[3] when she was attacked by the Canadian corvette HMCS Morden. Heavily damaged, the vessel went down with all 43 aboard.
References
- Notes
- 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
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- German Type VIIC submarines
- U-boats commissioned in 1941
- U-boats sunk in 1942
- World War II submarines of Germany
- World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
- 1941 ships
- Ships built in Wilhelmshaven
- U-boats sunk by surface craft
- U-boats sunk by depth charges
- U-boats sunk by Canadian warships
- Ships lost with all hands