German submarine U-160 (1941)

U-505, a typical Type IXC boat
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-160
Ordered	23 December 1939
Builder	DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number	1010
Laid down	21 November 1940
Launched	12 July 1941
Commissioned	16 October 1941
Fate	Sunk on 14 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Type IXC submarine
Displacement	1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged
Length	76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
Installed power	4,400 PS (3,200 kW; 4,300 bhp) (diesels) 1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged
Range	13,450 nmi (24,910 km; 15,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 64 nmi (119 km; 74 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 44 enlisted
Armament	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds) 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 AA gun 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Service record
Part of:	4th U-boat Flotilla 16 October 1941 – 28 February 1942 10th U-boat Flotilla 1 March 1942 – 14 July 1943
Identification codes:	M 40 802
Commanders:	Kptlt. Georg Lassen 16 October 1941 – 14 June 1943 Oblt.z.S. Gerd von Pommer-Esche 15 June 1943 – 14 July 1943
Operations:	5 patrols: 1st patrol: 1 March – 28 April 1942 2nd patrol: 20 June – 24 August 1942 3rd patrol: 23 September – 9 December 1942 4th patrol: 6 January – 10 May 1943 5th patrol: 29 June – 14 July 1943
Victories:	25 merchant ships sunk (155,352 GRT) 1 auxiliary warship sunk (730 GRT) 5 merchant ships damaged (34,419 GRT)

German submarine U-160 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. The keel for this boat was laid down on 21 November 1940 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen, Germany as yard number 1010. She was launched on 12 July 1941 and commissioned on 16 October under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg Lassen (Knight's Cross).

The U-boat's service began in training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla. She lost seven men and one was injured in a fire on 14 December 1941 at Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland).^[1] She then moved to the 10th flotilla on 1 March 1942 for operations.

She sank 26 ships, totalling 156,082 gross register tons (GRT) and damaged five more, for 34,419 GRT. She was sunk by American carrier-borne aircraft on 14 July 1943.