| German submarine U-673 | |
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| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | U-673 |
| Ordered: | 20 January 1941 |
| Builder: | Howaldtswerke, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 822 |
| Laid down: | 20 January 1942 |
| Launched: | 27 February 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 8 May 1943 |
| Fate: | Beached after collision with U-382, 24 October 1944 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 t (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) (o/a) 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) (pressure hull) |
| Beam: |
6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (o/a) 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) (pressure hull) |
| Height: | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 PS (2,800–3,200 bhp; 2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × SSW double-acting electric motors, totaling 750 PS (740 shp; 550 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers & ratings |
| Armament: |
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| Service record | |
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| Identification codes: | M 37 961 |
| Commanders: |
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German submarine U-673 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 20 January 1942 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Hamburg, launched on 27 February 1943, and commissioned on 8 May 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Gerhard Haelbich.
Attached to 5th U-boat Flotilla based at Kiel, U-673 completed her training period on 31 May 1944 and was assigned to front-line service.
Service history
On 14 September 1944, U-673 left St. Nazaire, France, for Norway, reaching Bergen on 19 October 1944. There the U-boat joined a convoy south. Early on 24 October 1944, U-673 collided with U-382 north of Stavanger and was beached at Smaaskjaer. Later the U-boat was salvaged and towed to Stavanger. U-673 remained in Stavanger for the rest of the war and became British war booty in 1945. In 1946 the U-boat was broken up for scrap.[2]
References
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 72-74.
- ↑ Busch, Röll 1999, pp. 300-301.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999) (in German). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich (1985) (in German). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. III. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-673". http://www.uboat.net/boats/u673.html. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
Coordinates: 59°17′N 5°57′E / 59.283°N 5.95°E
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