German submarine U-219

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-219
Ordered	6 August 1940
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	625
Laid down	31 May 1941
Launched	6 October 1942
Commissioned	12 December 1942
Fate	Seized by Imperial Japanese Navy at Jakarta, 5 May 1945
Empire of Japan
Name	I-505
Commissioned	15 July 1945
Captured	Empire of Japan, 5 May 1945
Fate	Surrendered at Jakarta, August 1945; sunk, 3 February 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Type X submarine minelayer (converted to auxiliary transport submarine and tanker in 1944)
Displacement	1,763 tonnes (1,735 long tons) surfaced 2,177 tonnes (2,143 long tons) submerged
Length	89.80 m (294 ft 7 in) o/a 70.90 m (232 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Beam	9.20 m (30 ft 2 in) o/a 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Height	10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.71 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 × supercharged GW F 46 a 9 pu 9 cylinder, four-stroke diesel engines, 4,800 PS (4,700 bhp; 3,500 kW) 2 × AEG GU 720/8-287 electric motors, 1,100 PS (1,100 shp; 810 kW)
Speed	16.4–17 knots (30.4–31.5 km/h; 18.9–19.6 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range	18,450 nautical miles (34,170 km; 21,230 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 93 nmi (172 km; 107 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	Calculated crush depth: 220 m (720 ft)
Complement	5 officers, 47 enlisted
Armament	2 × 53.3 cm (21 in) stern torpedo tubes 15 × torpedoes 66 × SMA mines 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun (200 rounds)
Service record (Kriegsmarine)[1][2]
Part of:	4th U-boat Flotilla 12 December 1942 - 30 June 1943 12th U-boat Flotilla 1 July 1943 - 30 September 1944 33rd U-boat Flotilla 1 October 1944 - 5 May 1945
Identification codes:	M 49 090
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Walter Burghagen 12 December 1942 - 5 May 1945
Operations:	2 patrols: 1st patrol: 22 October 1943 - 1 January 1944 2nd patrol: 23 August - 11 December 1944
Victories:	None
Service record (IJN)[3]
Part of:	2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet 15 July – August 1945
Commanders:	None
Operations:	None
Victories:	None

German submarine U-219 was a Type XB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The U-boat was laid down on 31 May 1941 at the Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 625, launched on 6 October 1942, and commissioned on 12 December 1942 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Walter Burghagen.

Initially built as one of eight submarine minelayers, after her first patrol she was converted into a transport and tanker submarine, before being used as a blockade runner to deliver supplies to the German naval squadron operating in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Upon arriving in Indonesia in December 1944, U-219 remained there for several months because of several mechanical problems, with its return trip to Germany with war materials being delayed. In May 1945 she was given by its crew to the Japanese after Germany's surrender, and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as I-505 on 15 July 1945. She was never assigned a Japanese crew and was captured by the British after Japan's surrender, being sunk in February 1946 by the Royal Navy along with several other captured U-boats.