U-456

U-456
U-456
Ship history
Flag state	Germany
Launching	June 21, 1941
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, 2 forced, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines "Germaniaverft M6V 40/46" with a total capacity of 2,800 - 3,200 liters. with. at 470-490 rev / min.; 2 electric motors with a total power of 750 hp at 296 rpm; 2 propeller shaft;
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

U-456 - the average German submarine type VIIC since the Second World War .

History

The order for the construction of a submarine was given on January 16, 1940 . The boat was laid on September 3, 1940 at the shipyard " Deutsche Werke AG " in Kiel under construction number 287, launched on June 21, 1941 . The boat was commissioned on September 18, 1941 under the command of Lieutenant Teyhert .

Flotilla

September 18, 1941 - January 1, 1942 - 6th Flotilla (training)
January 1, 1942 - June 30, 1942 - 6th Flotilla
July 1, 1942 - November 30, 1942 - the 11th Flotilla
December 1, 1942 - May 12, 1943 - 1st Flotilla

Service history

On 30 April 1942, the cruiser Edinburgh , which was returning to Reykjavik from Murmansk with a cargo of Soviet gold as part of the QP-11 convoy, torpedoed.

It was attacked from the air on May 12, 1943 in the region of 45 C. 25 V. As a result of the damage received, the boat was unable to perform the dive. Captain Forster and the crew were most likely captured by a British patrol ship.

Wolf Pack

U-456 was part of the following wolf packs:

Landknecht ( January 22 - January 28, 1943)
Drossel ( April 30 - May 12, 1943)

Literature

Herbert Werner Steel coffins. German submarines: secret operations 1941-1945 - M .: ZAO Izd-vo Tsentrpoligraf, 2001. - p. 180, 190. - 474 p. - ISBN 5-227-01245-8

Links

Helgason, Guðmundur U-456 (English) . uboat.net (1995-2009). The appeal date is November 1, 2009. Archived April 9, 2012.