U 998
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Type : | VII C / 41 |
Field Post Number : | M 52 749 |
Shipyard: | Blohm & Voss in Hamburg |
Construction contract: | October 14, 1941 |
Keel laying: | December 5, 1942 |
Launch: | August 18, 1943 |
Commissioning: | October 7, 1943 |
Commanders: |
Lieutenant Captain Hans Fiedler |
Flotilla: |
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Calls: | 1 patrol |
Sinkings: |
no |
Whereabouts: | decommissioned on June 27, 1944 |
U 998 was a German submarine of the type VII C / 41 , a so-called “Atlantic boat ”, which was used by the navy during World War II .
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 .
commander
- October 7, 1943 to June 27, 1944 Kptlt. Hans Fiedler
Commitment and history
The submarine belonged to the 5th U-Flotilla ( Kiel ) from October 7, 1943 to June 1944 as a training boat and then as a front boat .
Company - June 12, 1944 to June 17, 1944
Operational area: Defensive deployment off the coast of Norway
- June 12, 1944 - left Kiel.
- June 17, 1944 - arrived in Bergen .
Loss of the boat
U 998 was damaged on June 16, 1944 by a Norwegian De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito aircraft . On June 27, 1944, it was decommissioned in Bergen. In 1944/1945 it was partially canceled. The remains of U 998 were used by the Norwegians after the war.
literature
- Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Type VIIC / 41 boat U-998 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net .
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 390.
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 537.