German submarine U-220: Difference between revisions

History
Germany
Name	U-220
Ordered	6 August 1940
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Laid down	16 June 1941
Launched	16 January 1943
Commissioned	27 March 1943
Fate	Sunk by depth charges 28 October 1943
General characteristics
Type	Type XB submarine minelayer
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 1,763 long tons (1,791 t) surfaced; 2,177 long tons (2,212 t) submerged
Length	list error: <br /> list (help); 89.80 m (294 ft 7 in) o/a; 70.90 m (232 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Beam	list error: <br /> list (help); 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	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × diesel engines, 4,800 hp (3,600 kW); 2 × electric motors, 1,100 hp (820 kW)
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced; 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range	list error: <br /> list (help); 18,450 nmi (34,170 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced; 93 nmi (172 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth	Calculated crush depth: 220 m (720 ft)
Complement	48 to 60 officers & ratings
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); • 2 × 53.3 cm (21 in) stern torpedo tubes; • 15 × G7e torpedoes; • 66 × SMA mines; • 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun (200 rounds)
Service record
Part of:	list error: <br /> list (help); Kriegsmarine; 4th U-boat Flotilla; (27 March–31 August 1943); 12th U-boat Flotilla; (1 September–28 October 1943);
Commanders:	list error: <br /> list (help); Oblt. Bruno Barber; (27 March–28 October 1943)
Operations:	list error: <br /> list (help); 8 September–28 October 1943;
Victories:	Two ships sunk, 7,199 GRT

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German submarine U-220 was a Type XB submarine of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The U-boat was laid down on 16 June 1941 at the Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as 'werk' 626, launched on 16 January 1943 and commissioned on 27 March 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant Bruno Barber.

The boat's service career began with training in the 4th U-boat Flotilla followed by reassignment to the 12th flotilla for operations.

In one patrol, the submarine sank two ships.

The boat was sunk in October 1943 by US aircraft in mid-Atlantic.

Service history

Patrol and loss

Following a short journey from Kiel to Bergen in Norway, the submarine set out on patrol on 8 September 1943 through the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, heading for the North American coast. Off St. Johns in Canada, she laid 66 magnetic mines on 9 October, one of which sank the Delisle on the 19th. Also lost on the same day was the Penolver. The master of the Delisle was trapped on the sinking ship by a leg which was wooden. He was freed, rescued and taken to a hospital, minus his leg. He could not be released due to the wartime shortage of artificial limbs, but his original leg was found, washed up on a beach and recovered.

In between these events, two men were lost overboard on the 16th.

U-220 was sunk by depth charges dropped by Avenger and Wildcat aircraft from the carrier USS Block Island on 28 October 1943. Fifty-six men died; there were no survivors.

Summary of raiding history

Date	Name	Nationality	Tonnage (GRT)	Fate^[5]
19 October 1943	Delisle	USA	3,478	Sunk (Mine)
19 October 1943	Penolver	United Kingdom	3,721	Sunk (Mine)

References

Notes

^ "Type XB Mine-laying boats - German U-boat Types of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 pp. 248 and 249
^ "The Type XB boat U-219 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-220 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
^ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u220/html

Bibliography

External links

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[1] "Type XB Mine-laying boats - German U-boat Types of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

[2] Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 pp. 248 and 249

[uboatnet-3] "The Type XB boat U-219 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 23 July 2012.

[4] "War Patrols by German U-boat U-220 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 23 July 2012.

[5] ttp://uboat.net/boats/successes/u220/html

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