| German submarine U-651 | |
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| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | U-651 |
| Ordered: | 9 October 1939 |
| Builder: | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG |
| Laid down: | 16 January 1940 |
| Launched: | 21 December 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 12 February 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk 29 June 1941 south of Iceland, 45 survivors. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296 |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: |
15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers & ratings |
| Armament: |
• × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow) • 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
German submarine U-651 was a German Type VIIC U-boat built for the German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was ordered just after the war started in 1939, laid down on 16 January 1940, launched in December that year and commissioned the following February. She was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Peter Lohmeyer.
Her career was a short one. She took part in only one patrol and sunk two ships in convoy Convoy HX 133: the merchantmen SS Brockley Hill and SS Grayburn. She was sunk by the escort for the same convoy but 45 of her crew were rescued by the Royal Navy and interrogated by the Admiralty.
Ships credited for the sinking of U-651[]
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HM Destroyers |
HM Corvettes
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Coordinates: 59°52′N 18°36′W / 59.867°N 18.6°W
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