German submarine U-335
{{Short description|German World War II submarine}}
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German submarine U-335 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as yard number 207, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December. After training between December 1941 and July 1942, U-335 departed Kiel harbour to conduct a war patrol in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 July 1942. However, after only three days, she was torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine and lost with only one survivor.{{cite web |title=U-335 – Interrogation Report |url=http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-335INT.htm |website=uboatarchive.net |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=17 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217013951/http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-335INT.htm |url-status=dead }}
Design and description
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. Type VIIC U-boats had a displacement of {{convert|769|t|LT}} on the surface and {{convert|871|t|LT}} while submerged.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1991|pp=43–46}} U-301 had a total length of {{convert|67.10|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a pressure hull length of {{convert|50.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|6.20|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a height of {{convert|9.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|4.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. U-301{{'}}s power was produced by two Germaniawerft F46 six-cylinder, four-stroke supercharged diesel engines producing a total of {{convert|2800 to 3200|PS|kW shp|-1}} for use while surfaced, and two Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. RP 137/c double-acting electric motors producing {{convert|750|PS|kW shp}} total for use while submerged. The submarine had two shafts and two {{convert|1.23|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} propellers. U-301 could submerge to up to {{convert|230|m}} underwater.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1991|pp=43–46}}
U-301 had a maximum speed of {{convert|17.7|kn}} while surfaced and a maximum speed of {{convert|7.6|kn}} when submerged.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1991|pp=43–46}} The submarine had a range of {{convert|80|nmi}} at {{convert|4|kn}} while underwater; on the surface, she could travel {{convert|8500|nmi}} at {{convert|10|kn}}. U-301 was fitted with five {{convert|53.3|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (four in the bow and one in the stern), fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA mines, one 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun with 220 rounds, and a 2 cm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft gun. The submarine had a complement of between 44 and 60 men.{{sfn|Gröner|Jung|Maass|1991|pp=43–46}}
Construction and career
Ordered on 15 August 1940, U-335 was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as yard number 207, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Herman Pilkner.{{Cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u335.htm|title=The Type VIIC boat U-335|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur|website=German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net|access-date=21 August 2012}}
Between 17 December 1941 and 29 July 1942, U-335 conducted training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla. At the end of her training period, U-335 was assigned to join the 6th U-boat Flotilla, based in St.Nazaire, France. The boat's one and only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 30 July 1942.{{Cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/patrols/u335.html|title=War Patrols by German U-boat U-335|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur|website=German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net|access-date=21 August 2012}} Atlantic-bound,{{sfn|Kemp|1999|p=86}} she was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine {{HMS|Saracen|P247|6}} southeast of the Faroe Islands on 3 August.{{sfn|Kemp|1999|p=86}} Forty-three men died; there was one survivor.
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-55750-186-6 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Busch |first1=Rainer |last2=Röll |first2=Hans-Joachim |title=Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945|trans-title=German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945 |date=1999|volume=IV |publisher=Mittler|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn |isbn=3-8132-0514-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXKwAAAAIAAJ |language=de}}
- {{cite book
|last1=Gröner
|first1=Erich
|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
|translator-first1=Keith
|translator-last2=Magowan
|translator-first2=Rachel
|year=1991
|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
|volume=2
|series=German Warships 1815–1945
|location=London
|publisher=Conway Maritime Press
|isbn=0-85177-593-4
}}
- {{cite book
|last=Kemp
|first=Paul
|title=U-Boats Destroyed – German Submarine Losses in the World Wars
|location=London
|year=1999
|publisher=Arms & Armour
|isbn=1-85409-515-3
}}
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External links
- [http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-335INT.htm U-boat Archive: "U 335" Interrogation of Sole Survivor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217013951/http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-335INT.htm |date=17 December 2013 }}
- {{Cite web
|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u335.html
|title=The Type VIIC boat U-335
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net
|access-date=26 December 2014
}}
- {{cite web
| url=http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0335.html
| title=U 335
| last=Hofmann
| first=Markus
| website=Deutsche U-Boote 1935–1945 – u-boot-archiv.de
| language=de
| access-date=26 December 2014
}}
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Category:World War II submarines of Germany
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