U 1008
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| Type : | VII C / 41 |
| Field Post Number : | M 55 064 |
| Shipyard: | Blohm & Voss in Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | March 23, 1942 |
| Keel laying: | February 12, 1943 |
| Launch: | December 8, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | February 1, 1944 |
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| Calls: | no patrols |
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| Whereabouts: | sunk in the Baltic Sea itself on May 6, 1945 |
U 1008 was a German type VII C submarine , a so-called "Atlantic boat ". It was used by the Kriegsmarine in the Baltic Sea during the Second World War .
Technical specifications
A Type VII C-boat, driven by two diesel engines, reached a speed of 17 knots when traveling above water , had a maximum range of 6500 nm and could make 7.8 knots under water with the help of the two electric motors, with a maximum range of 80 nm .
Commanders
- February 1, 1944 to November 17, 1944 Oblt.zS Diether Todenhagen
- November 18, 1944 to May 6, 1945 Oblt.zS Hans Gessner
Commitment and history
No details are known about the exact use of the U 1008 . From November 1, 1944 to February 28, 1945 the submarine was used as a so-called test boat to test various innovations for submarine construction.
On May 5, 1945 U 1008 was attacked by the Liberator T of the British RAF Squadron 224 and was slightly damaged. Towards evening the submarine was again damaged by an attack by Liberator Z of the British RAF Squadron 86, but this time badly. On May 6, 1945 around 10:30 p.m. U 1008 was scuttled in the Baltic Sea north of the Danish island of Hjelm 56 ° 14 ′ N , 10 ° 51 ′ E itself. All 44 crew members survived.
literature
- Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ U-Boot Archive ( Memento from December 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information page about U 1008