U-52, a typical Type VIIB boat
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-53 |
Ordered | 15 May 1937 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost | 4,439,000 Reichsmark |
Yard number | 588 |
Laid down | 13 March 1937 |
Launched | 6 May 1939 |
Commissioned | 24 June 1939 |
Fate | Sunk by HMS Gurkha 23 / 24 February 1940 near the Orkney Islands |
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Class and type | Type VIIB U-boat |
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Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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Identification codes: | M 10 424 |
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German submarine U-53 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 13 March 1937 at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel and went into service on 24 June 1939 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See (Oblt.z.S.) Dietrich Knorr.