U 2340
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.jpg) Post-war photo of U 2367 (then NATO designation S 171 ), a structurally identical sister submarine of U 2340 |
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| Type : | XXIII |
| Shipyard: | German shipyard , Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | September 20, 1943 |
| Build number: | 494 |
| Keel laying: | August 18, 1944 |
| Launch: | September 28, 1944 |
| Commissioning: | October 16, 1944 |
| Commanders: |
October 16, 1944 - March 30, 1945 |
| Calls: | no patrols |
| Sinkings: |
no |
| Whereabouts: | Destroyed in the port of Hamburg on March 30, 1945 |
U 2340 was a German submarine from the Type XXIII , that in World War II by the German navy was used. Under his commanding Lieutenant z. S. Emil Klusmeier used it for training purposes. U 2340 carried out no patrol .
history
The keel of the boat was laid on August 18, 1944 at the Deutsche Werft in Finkenwärder ( spelling at that time ) and it was launched in the same year on September 28. On October 16, 1944 it was under Lieutenant z. S. Emil Klusmeier put into service.
Submarines of this then ultra-modern Type XXIII were comparatively small electric submarines of almost 35 m in length, which apart from the commander and the chief engineer (LI) only had a crew of twelve. In addition to the first watch officer (I. WO), the chief helmsman, the chief machinist, the central mate and the radio mate, there was another mate and six sailors. Officers, NCOs and men had to share the bow space directly behind the two more than 7 m long torpedo tubes as the only living room and bedroom. The armament consisted - apart from a submachine gun and a few other small arms - only two torpedoes . The main advantage of these boats was that they could operate for a long time without surfacing and thereby reached a higher speed (12.5 kn ) under water than over water (10 kn).
On the night of March 31, 1945, the city of Hamburg, and in particular the shipyard, was attacked by British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers. U 2340 had already been permanently damaged in a bombing raid on October 10, 1944 and was destroyed in this renewed air strike. In addition to the U 2340 , the submarines U 348 , U 350 , U 1131 and U 1167 were destroyed by bombs while lying in the harbor . The commander of U 2336 , Oblt.zS Jürgen Vockel, was also fatally injured by fragments in this bombing attack , while his boat, also of the type XXIII, remained undamaged. The next day, April 1, 1945, Emil Klusmeier was promoted to lieutenant captain (Kptlt.) And took over command of U 2336 on the same day, succeeding Vockel .
The wreck of U 2340 lying in the harbor basin was demolished.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 , p. 164.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1996, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 , p. 288.
See also
literature
- Eberhard Rössler : submarine type XXIII. 2nd, expanded edition. Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 2002, ISBN 3-7637-6236-1 , pp. 109-112.
- Eberhard Rössler: From the original to the model. Submarine type XXIII. A picture and plan documentation. Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 1993, pp. 37-38, ISBN 3-7637-6007-5 .
