U-91 - the average German submarine type VIIC of the Second World War .
| U-91 | |
|---|---|
| Ship history | |
| Flag state |  Germany |
| Home port | Kiel , Brest , Lorient |
| Launching | November 30, 1941 |
| Removed from the fleet | February 26, 1944 |
| Current status | sunk |
| Main characteristics | |
| Ship type | average DPL |
| Project designation | VIIC |
| Speed (surface) | 17.7 knots |
| Speed (underwater) | 7.6 knots |
| Working depth | 250 m |
| Extreme depth of immersion | 295 m |
| Autonomy swimming | 15 170 km , 150 km under water |
| Crew | 44-52 people |
| Dimensions | |
| Displacement above the water | 769 t |
| Underwater displacement | 871 t |
| Length is greatest (on KVL ) | 67.1 m |
| Case width naib. | 6.2 m |
| Average draft (on KVL) | 4.74 m |
| Power point | |
Diesel electric,
| |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | C35 88 mm / L45 with 220 charges |
| Torpedo mine weapons | 4 bow and one aft TA caliber 533 mm, 14 torpedoes or 26 min TMA |
| Air defense | different, need to clarify |
History
The order for the construction of a submarine was given on January 25, 1939 . The boat was laid on November 12, 1940 at the shipyard Flender-Verke , Lübeck , under construction number 295, launched on November 30, 1941 . The boat was commissioned on January 28, 1942 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Heinz Walkerling.
Commanders
- January 28, 1942 - April 19, 1943 Lieutenant Commander Heinz Walkerling
- April 20, 1943 - February 26, 1944, Lieutenant Commander Heinz Hangershausen
Flotilla
- January 28 - August 31, 1942 - 5th Flotilla (training)
- September 1, 1942 - February 26, 1944 - the 9th Flotilla
Service history
The boat made 6 combat trips. Sank 4 vessels with a total displacement of 26 194 brt and one warship with a displacement of 1,375 tons.
Sunk February 26, 1944 in the North Atlantic , in the area with coordinates depth charges from British frigates HMS Affleck , HMS Gore and HMS Gould . 36 people were killed, 16 were saved.
Wolf Pack
U-91 was part of the following wolf packs:
- Vorwärts August 27 - September 26, 1942
- Westwall November 25 - December 25, 1942
- Knappen February 18 - February 26, 1943
- Raubgraf March 7 - March 20, 1943
- Seeteufel March 22 - March 28, 1943
Attacks to the boat
1942
- September 1, U-91, located in the North Atlantic , in the area with coordinates of , was attacked by an American Catalina-type aircraft, U-91 received minor damage. It was previously thought that as a result of this attack U-756 was sunk.
- On September 12, the escort ship from the ON-127 convoy fired upon the boat, causing minor damage.
1943
- On February 21, during the attack, the U-91 convoy was actively bombarded from aircraft and escort ships and was forced to abandon the attack in order to repair the damage received.
- On the night of March 27, a submarine submarine was attacked by a British Wellington-type airplane equipped with Ley Fires in the Bay of Biscay . Thanks to an emergency dive, the boat avoided damage, but at the same time, the upper watch was forgotten on the bridge. The boat immediately resurfaced and took on board two of the three forgotten sailors, but the senior boatswain Heinrich Hollenborg, who had fired a machine gun from the plane, was missing.
- October 26 in the North Atlantic , in the area with coordinates U-91 was attacked by depth charges from a Canadian Liberator aircraft, there was no damage. The pilots felt that U-420 was sunk in this attack.
- On October 31, during a U-91 attempt to transfer fuel to the U-584, boats were discovered and attacked by US aircraft from the USS Card aircraft carrier . Having driven off the aircraft with anti-aircraft fire, the U-91 plunged, while the U-584 lingering on the surface was attacked by the self-guided Fido torpedoes and sank, taking the whole crew with them.
See also
- List of submarines of the Third Reich
Links
Literature
- Bishop K. Submarines crigsmarine. 1939-1945. Handbook of fleets = Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-1945. - M .: Eksmo , 2007. - 192 p. - (Military equipment III Reich). - ISBN 978-5-699-22106-6 .
- Rover Y. Submarines carrying death. Victories of the submarines of the countries of the Hitler Axis = Jürgen Rohwer. Axis submarine successes 1939-1945. - M .: CJSC Publishing house Tsentrpoligraf, 2004. - 416 p. - 2000 copies - ISBN 5-9524-1237-8 .