German submarine U-211

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-211
Ordered	16 October 1939
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	640
Laid down	29 March 1941
Launched	15 January 1942
Commissioned	7 March 1942
Fate	Sunk by a British aircraft, 19 November 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (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)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
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	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 x 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA gun
Service record[1][2]
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla 7 March – 31 August 1942 9th U-boat Flotilla 1 September – 19 November 1943
Identification codes:	M 44 194
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Karl Hause 7 March 1942 – 19 November 1943
Operations:	5 patrols: 1st patrol: 26 August – 7 October 1942 2nd patrol: 11 November – 29 December 1942 3rd patrol: 13 – 25 February 1943 4th patrol: a. 10 May – 16 July 1943 b. 23 – 24 September 1943 5th patrol: 11 October – 19 November 1943
Victories:	1 warship sunk (1,350 tons) 3 merchant ships damaged (31,883 GRT)

German submarine U-211 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 29 March 1941 by the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 640, launched on 15 January 1942 and commissioned on 7 March under the command of Korvettenkapitän Karl Hause.

A member of eight wolfpacks, she sank one warship of 1,350 tons and damaged three commercial vessels totalling 31,883 gross register tons (GRT) in five patrols.

She was sunk on 19 November 1943 by a British aircraft in the North Atlantic. 54 men died; there were no survivors.