German submarine U-167 (1942)
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Name | U-167 |
Ordered | 15 August 1940 |
Builder | DeSchiMAG, Bremen |
Yard number | 706 |
Laid down | 12 March 1941 |
Launched | 5 March 1942[1] |
Commissioned | 4 July 1942[1] |
Fate | Scuttled, 6 April 1943[2] |
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Class and type | Type IXC/40 submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in) |
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Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 05 459 |
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German submarine U-167 was a
. Her keel wasThe U-boat's service began with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla. She then moved to the 10th flotilla on 1 December 1942 for operations. She was a member of three wolfpacks. She sank one ship of 5,449 gross register tons (GRT) and damaged another of 7,200 GRT.
She was scuttled on 6 April 1943.
Design
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph).
Service history
The boat moved from Kiel in Germany to Bergen in Norway in December 1942.
First patrol
The submarine's first patrol took her from Bergen on 21 December 1942, across the North Sea and into the Atlantic Ocean through the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. U-167 lost a man overboard in mid-Atlantic on 8 January 1943. She arrived in Lorient in occupied France, on the 16th.
Second patrol and loss
On her second patrol on 17 March 1943, she attacked and damaged Molly Pitcher 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) west of Lisbon. She then sailed round the Azores before approaching the northwest African coast. She sank the Lagosian from convoy RS-3 southeast of the Canary Islands on the 28th.
U-167 was scuttled near the Canary Islands following an attack by a Lockheed Hudson of No. 233 Squadron RAF on 6 April 1943.
Post-war
The boat was raised in 1951 and transferred to Spain. Before being broken up, she was used for filming.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage ( GRT ) |
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17 March 1943 | Molly Pitcher | United States | 7,200 | Damaged |
28 March 1943 | Lagosian | United Kingdom | 5,449 | Sunk |
References
- ^ a b c Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXC/40 boat U-167 – German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
- ^ a b c d Gröner 1991, p. 68.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-167". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXC/40 boat U-167". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 167". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 – u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2015.