German submarine U-64 (1939)

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-64.
History
Nazi Germany
NameU-64
Ordered16 July 1937
BuilderAG Weser, Bremen
Yard number952
Laid down15 December 1938
Launched20 September 1939
Commissioned16 December 1939
FateSunk in 13 April 1940 in Norway by a British aircraft; eight dead and 38 survivors[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeType IXB submarine
Displacement
  • 1,051 t (1,034 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,178 t (1,159 long tons) submerged
Length
Beam
  • 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a
  • 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
Speed
  • 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) surfaced
  • 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged
Range
  • 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 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
Armament
Service record[1][3]
Part of:
Identification codes: M 00 412
Commanders:
Operations:
  • 1 patrol:
  • 6 – 13 April 1940
Victories: None

German submarine U-64 was a Type IXB[4] U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered by them in July 1937. Her keel was laid down by AG Weser in Bremen in December 1938. Following about nine months of construction, she was launched in September 1939 and formally commissioned into the Kriegsmarine in December.

U-64 had a very short career and sank no enemy vessels. Having left her home port of Wilhelmshaven for her first war patrol on 6 April 1940, she was intercepted by Allied aircraft seven days later off the coast of Norway during the invasion of that country and was sunk by a bomb from a Fairey Swordfish aircraft of HMS Warspite (03).[3][5] Of her crew of 46, eight men died and 38 escaped from the sinking submarine.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXB boat U-64". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Type IX U-Boat". German U-boat. Uboataces.com. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by U-64". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  4. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Type IXB". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  5. ^ Kemp 1999, p. 65.