U-3016
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type XXI-class Submarine |
Builder | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
Yard Number | 1175 |
Slip/Drydock Number | V |
Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 |
Laid Down | 6 Sep 1944 |
Launched | 2 Nov 1944 |
Commissioned | 5 Jan 1945 |
Sunk | 2 May 1945 |
Displacement | 1,621 tons standard; 1,819 tons submerged |
Length | 251 feet |
Beam | 26 feet |
Draft | 21 feet |
Machinery | Two MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6cyl diesel engines (3,900shp each), two SSW GU365/30 electric motors (4,900shp each), two SSW GV232/28 silent electric motors (223shp each) |
Speed | 15 knots |
Range | 15,500nm at 10 knots surfaced, 340nm at 5 knots submerged |
Crew | 57 |
Armament | 6x53.3cm bow torpedo tubes; 4x2cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns; 23 torpedoes, or 17 torpedoes and 12 TMC mines |
Submerged Speed | 17.2 knots with standard electric motors, 6.1 knots with silent electric motors |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseType XXI submarine U-3016 was commissioned into service in Jan 1945 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Bernhard Meentzen. Having joined the German Navy late in the European War, she remained in 4th Submarine Flotilla, a training unit, through the end without having participated in any war patrols. She was scuttled at Travemünde, Lübeck, Germany in May 1945 to prevent Allied capture. She was later raised and broken up.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia
Last Major Revision: Oct 2021
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6 Nov 1943 | The order for the construction of U-3016 was issued. |
6 Sep 1944 | The keel of U-3016 was laid down at the AG Weser yard of Deschimag in Bremen, Germany. |
2 Nov 1944 | U-3016 was launched at the AG Weser yard of Deschimag in Bremen, Germany. |
5 Jan 1945 | U-3016 was commissioned into service with Oberleutnant zur See Bernhard Meentzen in command. |
2 May 1945 | U-3016 was scuttled at Travemünde, Lübeck, Germany to prevent capture. |
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