U 865
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| Type : | IX C / 40 |
| Field Post Number : | 53 454 |
| Shipyard: | Deschimag AG Weser , Bremen |
| Construction contract: | August 25, 1941 |
| Build number: | 1073 |
| Keel laying: | January 5, 1943 |
| Launch: | July 12, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | October 25, 1943 |
| Commanders: |
Dietrich Stellmacher |
| Flotilla: |
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| Calls: | A company |
| Sinkings: |
no |
| Whereabouts: | missing off Trondheim since September 8, 1944 |
U 865 was a submarine of type IX C / 40 , which the Navy during the Second World War in the North Atlantic was used.
Technical specifications
As early as 1934, Deschimag AG Weser was involved in building up the German submarine fleet , partly by circumventing the provisions of the Versailles Treaty . During the war, the shipyard specialized in the construction of boats of the larger type IX. By the end of the war, 113 of these boats had been delivered to the Navy. The Type IX C / 40 designed for overseas use was a two-hulled boat that was 76 m long and 6.84 m in diameter. It reached a speed of 18.3 knots when sailing above water and drove a maximum of 7.5 knots under water. U 865 was on November 17th by Oberleutnant zur See d. R. Dietrich Stellmacher put into service.
Like most German submarines of its time, the U 865 also had a boat-specific mark that was displayed on the tower . It was a variant of the city arms of Bremen : an ancient upright key on a red and white pattern.
Commitment and history
U 865 was subordinate to the 4th U-Flotilla until June 1944 , a training flotilla stationed in Stettin . During this time, Commandant Stellmacher undertook training trips in the Baltic Sea to retract the boat and to train the crew.
On June 20, 1944, the boat left Kiel and moved to the naval base in Trondheim , which became the new base for the boat. The boat was prepared here for use on the North American Atlantic coast, especially in Canadian waters. However, the company had to be stopped twice shortly after leaving the port because problems arose with the operation of the snorkel . The boat always returned to Trondheim. From here, U 865 left for the company again on September 8, 1944.
After the departure, the boat no longer reported.
Loss of the boat
U 865 has been missing since September 8, 1944. An earlier assumption that the boat was sunk on September 19 by a Liberator bomber has already turned out to be incorrect in the 1950s. This attack was aimed at U 858 , which suffered only minor damage. Since no other Allied combat measures in this sea area are known for the period in which U 865 was lost and the boat had to break off two attempts to reach the area of operation due to problems with the snorkel, it is assumed that this is also the reason for the loss of the boat lies.
literature
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: Submarine construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 1997, pp. 149, 211. ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 , Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1996, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 . Page 199
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , p. 152.
- ↑ a b Axel Niestlé: German U-Boat Losses during World War II. Details of Destruction , Frontline Books, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-84832-210-3 , page 131 u. Page 231