| History | |
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 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-116 |
| Ordered | 31 January 1939 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number | 615 |
| Laid down | 1 July 1939 |
| Launched | 3 May 1941[1] |
| Commissioned | 26 July 1941[2] |
| Fate | Missing since 6 October 1942 in the North Atlantic[2] |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Class and type | Type X submarine minelayer |
| Displacement | |
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| Height | 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 4.71 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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| Test depth | Calculated crush depth: 220 m (720 ft) |
| Complement | 5 officers, 47 enlisted |
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| Service record[4] [5] | |
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| Identification codes: | M 43 288 |
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German submarine U-116 was a Type XB minelaying U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was ordered on 31 January 1939 and laid down on 1 July at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, as yard number 615. She was launched on 3 May 1941 and commissioned under the command of Korvettenkapitän Werner von Schmidt on 26 July of that year.[4]
- ^ Kemp 1999, pp. 92–93.
- ^ a b Kemp, pp. 92-93.
- ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 76–77.
- ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type XB boat U-116". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-116". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 20 December 2009.