German submarine U-250
U-250 being commissioned, 12 December 1943
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History | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-250 |
Ordered | 5 June 1941 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 684 |
Laid down | 9 January 1943 |
Launched | 11 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1943 |
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Notes | 60°27′54″N 28°24′54″E / 60.46500°N 28.41500°E |
Soviet Union | |
Name | TS-14 |
Acquired | 14 September 1944 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Service record[1] | |
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Identification codes: | M 54 453 |
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Victories: |
1 warship sunk (56 tons) |
German submarine U-250 was a
In one patrol, she sank one ship.
The boat was sunk by the Soviet submarine chaser MO-103 in the Gulf of Finland (Baltic) on 30 July 1944.
Design
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph).
Service history
After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, U-250 transferred to the 8th flotilla on 1 July 1944.
Patrol, loss and capture
The boat's first and only patrol was preceded by a pair of short trips between
This sinking resulted in a concerted response on the part of the Soviets. MO-103 made the kill; dropping a pattern of depth charges which opened a large hole in the U-boat's pressure hull. Only six men escaped the submarine and were taken prisoner, among them Kapitänleutnant Schmidt; forty-six others did not.[3] The U-boat sank in the relatively shallow depth of 27 m (89 ft). It was decided to raise U-250, despite her proximity to the German-held shore. Harassing artillery fire was met with a constant smokescreen while divers worked. The Soviets succeeded in raising the boat and taking her to Kronstadt in September 1944 where she was examined.[4] She then served briefly in the Soviet Navy as the TS-14 before being broken up.[1]
Armament
FLAK weaponry
U-250 was mounted with a single
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A single 3.7 cm Flak M42U gun on the LM 42U mount.
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2 cm Flak C38 in a M 43U Zwilling mount with short folding shield.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 1] | Fate[6] |
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30 July 1944 | MO-105 | Soviet Navy | 56 | Sunk |
Memory
On 22 October 1996, a joint memorial to Soviet sailors who died on MO-105 and German sailors who drowned on U-250 was opened at the Lutheran Cemetery in Kronstadt. A metal plate with 20 Soviet and 46 German names is attached to the granite stone. At the bottom of the slab there is a bilingual inscription on Russian and German: "Reconciled by death cry out for peace".[7]
References
Notes
- gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-250". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d Gröner, Jung & Maass 1991, pp. 43–46.
- ^ "The Type VIIC U-boat U-250 – German U-boats of WWII". UBoat.net. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ Kemp 1999, pp. 206–7.
- ^ Base on war-time photographs.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-250". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Владимир Нагирняк (16 March 2018). "Примирённые смертью взывают к миру". WarSpot.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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.
- Kemp, Paul (1999). U-Boats Destroyed – German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-250". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 250". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 – u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.