U 224
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | M-05 768 |
| Shipyard: | F. Krupp Germania shipyard , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | August 15, 1940 |
| Build number: | 654 |
| Keel laying: | July 15, 1941 |
| Launch: | May 7, 1942 |
| Commissioning: | June 20, 1942 |
| Commanders: |
June 20, 1942 to January 13, 1943 Oblt zS Hans-Carl Kosbadt |
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| Calls: | 2 patrols |
| Sinkings: |
2 merchant ships |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on January 13, 1943 in the Mediterranean by a Canadian warship. |
U 224 was a German type VII C submarinethat was usedby the German navy in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II .
Technical specifications
Class VII C boats were a further development of the shorter Type VII B boats. In the Germania shipyard in Kiel, up to 30 boats of this series were built in parallel between 1940-42. Their length was 67.1 m with a maximum width of 6.2 m. The height was 9.6 m, the surface draft 4.7 m. When surfaced, powered by two F64 six-cylinder diesel engines with a total of 3,160 hp, they reached 17.7 knots (33 km / h), while diving, two AEG GU 460 / 8-27 electric motors supplied them with 740 hp, which means 7.6 knots (14 km / h) maximum could be achieved. The displacement was 761 cubic meters surfaced and 865 cubic meters when submerged. They were manned by about 44 men. Of all 577 boats of this type produced, only one ( U 995 ) was preserved.
history
Together with the sister boats U 221 , U 222 , U 223 and U 225 , the U 224 was commissioned on August 15, 1940. The keel of the boat with lot 654 was laid together with its sister boat U 223 on July 15, 1941. After being launched on May 7, 1942, it was put into service on June 20, 1942, initially in the 5th U-Flotilla in Kiel as a training boat. During this time the boat was further equipped in Kiel and the area around Danzig until December 12, 1942. This means that U 224 was in service earlier than U 223 despite being launched later.
From November 1, 1942, it was the 7th U -Flotilla based in St. Nazaire and carried out two operations. While the first venture led into the North Atlantic and the crew was able to sink two merchant ships, the second venture in the Mediterranean led to a battle with a Canadian association. U 224 was severely damaged by depth charges on January 13, 1943 and forced to surface. It was then sunk by a ram blow from the Canadian corvette HMCS Ville de Quebec (K.242). Only one crew member survived, 45 were killed.
literature
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .