German submarine U-1060
{{Short description|German World War II submarine}}
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German submarine U-1060 was a Type VIIF submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in World War II.
U-1060 was one of four Type VIIF torpedo transport submarines, which could carry up to 40 torpedoes,{{sfn|Gröner|1991|page=104}} and were used to re-supply other U-boats at sea. U-1060 commissioned on 15 May 1943, served from 15 May 1943 until 27 October 1944 with 5th U-boat Flotilla, a training unit.
Design
As one of the four German Type VIIF submarines, U-1060 had a displacement of {{convert|1084|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|1181|t|LT}} while submerged.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=67}} She had a total length of {{convert|77.63|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a pressure hull length of {{convert|60.40|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|7.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a height of {{convert|9.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|4.91|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 supercharged four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of {{convert|2800 to 3200|PS|kW shp|-1}} for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8-276 double-acting electric motors producing a total of {{convert|750|shp|PS kW}} for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two {{convert|1.23|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to {{convert|230|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=67}}
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|16.9|-|17.6|kn}} and a maximum submerged speed of {{convert|7.9|kn}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=67}} When submerged, the boat could operate for {{convert|75|nmi}} at {{convert|4|kn}}; when surfaced, she could travel {{convert|14700|nmi}} at {{convert|10|kn}}. U-1060 was fitted with five {{convert|53.3|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and various anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between 44 and 60.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=67}}
Service history
U-1060 did not conduct any offensive patrols. Between December 1943 and October 1944 she made six voyages transporting torpedoes from the naval base in Kiel to ports in German-occupied Norway.{{Cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/patrols/u1060.html |title=Patrols by U-1060 |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=uboat.net |access-date=30 November 2009}}
On 27 October 1944 Fleet Air Arm Fireflies and Barracudas from the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Implacable|R86|6}} attacked U-1060 with rockets and depth charges, and the submarine ran aground on the Norwegian island of Fleina south of Brønnøysund.{{sfn|Vančata|2013|p=69}}
On the morning of 29 October 1944, two Liberator C Mk V heavy bombers of the Czechoslovak-manned No. 311 Squadron RAF from RAF Tain in Scotland attacked the grounded submarine with wing-mounted SAP60 semi-armour piercing rocket projectiles (RP's).{{sfn|Osolsobě|1990|pp=200–206}} Liberator FL949/Y led by Flg Off Josef Pavelka hit her with seven RP's. The rocket projectile sight aboard Liberator BZ723/H led by Sqn Ldr Alois Šedivý failed, but its crew managed to hit the submarine with another eight RP's. BZ723/H also dropped four depth charges, two of which straddled U-1060 abaft her conning tower.{{sfn|Vančata|2013|pp=69–70}}
Finally two Halifax heavy bombers of No. 502 Squadron RAF depth charged the submarine.{{sfn|Osolsobě|1990|pp=200–206}}{{sfn|Vančata|2013|p=70}} 12 of U-1060{{'}}s crew died and 43 survived.{{Cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1060.htm |title=The Type VIIF boat U-1060 |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=uboat.net |access-date=30 November 2009}}
References
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- {{Cite book |last=Osolsobě |first=Jiří |title=Zbylo nás devět |date=1990 |publisher=Naše vojsko |isbn=80-206-0207-0 |edition=2nd |location=Prague |pages=200–206 |language=cs }}, the author was the second pilot in Liberator FL949/Y
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{{German Type VII submarines}}
{{October 1944 shipwrecks}}
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