| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-865 |
| Ordered: | 25 August 1941 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number: | 1073 |
| Laid down: | 5 January 1943 |
| Launched: | 12 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 25 October 1943 |
| Fate: | Sank due to unknown causes after 9 September 1944 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type IXC/40 submarine |
| Displacement: |
1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
76.8 m (252 ft 0 in) o/a 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) o/a 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed: |
19 knots (35 km/h) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h) submerged |
| Range: |
25,620 nmi (47,450 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 117 nmi (217 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 48 to 56 |
| Armament: |
• 6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern) • 22 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes • 1 × Utof 105 mm/45 deck gun (110 rounds) • AA guns |
German submarine U-865 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine built for service during the Second World War. She was laid down in Bremen, Germany on 5 January 1943, and launched on 12 July 1943.
She had one commander, Oberleutnant zur See Dietrich Stellmacher, for her two patrols.[1][2] She had a crew complement of 59.
She did not sink any shipping on her two patrols, and went missing after leaving Trondheim in Norway on 9 September 1944, with all hands lost.
In late June/ early July, 1944, she was attacked by an RAF B-24 Liberator, which did some damage to her, however she in turn did some damage to the attacking aircraft with the submarine's flak gun, setting the aircraft on fire. Both the U-boat and aircraft were forced to return to their respective bases.[3][4]
References[]
- ↑ Dietrich Stellmacher on uboat.net
- ↑ http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=865
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u865.htm
- ↑ F.d.U./B.d.U.'S War Log1 - 15 July 1944, p 412 http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB30350.htm
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