| German submarine U-805 | |
|---|---|
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | U-805 |
| Ordered: | 10 April 1940 |
| Builder: | DeSchiMAG Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven |
| Yard number: | 714 |
| Laid down: | 24 December 1942 |
| Launched: | October 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 12 February 1944 |
| Fate: | surrendered 14 May 1945 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Type IXC/40 submarine |
| Displacement: |
1,144 t (1,126 long tons) surfaced 1,257 t (1,237 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) o/a 4.44 m (14 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) 2 × SSW GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed: |
19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) surfaced 7.3 kn (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
13,850 nmi (25,650 km; 15,940 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 63 nmi (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
| Armament: |
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| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Identification codes: | M 41 091 |
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Richard Bernardelli |
| Operations: | 1 patrol |
German submarine U-805 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
U-805 was ordered in April 1941 from DeSchiMAG Seebeckwerft in Geestemünde under the yard number 714. Her keel was laid down on 24 December 1942, and the U-boat was launched the following year sometime in October 1943. In February 1944 she was commissioned into service under the command of Kapitänleutnant Richard Bernardelli (Crew 32) in the 4th U-boat Flotilla. She spent the next year as a training boat with the flotilla, then was transferred to the 33rd U-boat Flotilla and deployed on her one and only war patrol in March 1945. At the end of the war U-805 was operating in the West Atlantic as part of the Seewolf group, when she received orders to make for an Allied port in order to surrender. The U-boat reached Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 14 May 1945, where the crew surrendered and handed the boat over to the US Navy.
The US Navy took U-805 on several Victory Visits to ports on the east coast of the United States before sinking her off the coast in position 42°32′N 69°37′W / 42.533°N 69.617°WCoordinates: 42°32′N 69°37′W / 42.533°N 69.617°W on 4 February 1946.[2]
References[]
- Notes
- ↑ Gröner 1985, p. 105-7.
- ↑ Busch & Röll 1999, p. 397.
- 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.
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