German submarine U-479
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-479 |
Ordered | 10 April 1941 |
Builder | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel |
Yard number | 310 |
Laid down | 19 November 1942 |
Launched | 14 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 27 October 1943 |
Fate | Sunk by mine in the Gulf of Finland on 27 November 1944. |
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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Identification codes: | M 53 594 |
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Victories: |
1 warship damaged (56 tons) |
German submarine U-479 was a
. She wasDesign
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
The boat began her service career as part of the 5th U-boat Flotilla for training, before moving to the 8th flotilla for operations. She sank no ships during her career, but on 18 July 1944 U-479 torpedoed and damaged the Soviet submarine-chaser MO-304 in Vyborg bay.[3]
The U-boat's first patrol was preceded by short voyages from Kiel to Arendal (on the southern Norwegian coast near Kristiansand), back to Kiel and then on to Helsinki in Finland.
First patrol
Her first foray proper saw her depart Helsinki on 13 July 1944, arrive at Esplanade (on the southern Finnish coast) on 25 July and move back to Helsinki on 1 August.
Second and third patrols
Her second and third sorties were both launched from Helsinki in August and were uneventful.
Fourth patrol
The submarine's fourth patrol was only different from her second and third efforts in that it terminated at
Loss
The U-boat was sunk by a Soviet naval mine in the Gulf of Finland on 27 November 1944. She was found in 2009,[4] explored in the summer of 2014 and 2018, sonar surveys by Estonian vessel VLT-089 on July 24, 2018; and filmed on 8–9 September 2018 by Finnish vessel Deep Explorer and on October 10, 2018, by Estonian vessel VLT-089[5] in position 59°20′N 23°10′E / 59.333°N 23.167°E in Estonian waters.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 1] | Fate[6] |
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18 July 1944 | MO-304 | Soviet Navy | 56 | Damaged |
References
Notes
- gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
Citations
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-479". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d Gröner 1991, pp. 43–46.
- ^ "MO-304 (Soviet Patrol Craft (A/S) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ "U 479, Kultuurimälestiste register". register.muinas.ee. Retrieved 3 September 2021.(in Estonian)
- ^ "Allveelaeva U-479 sonariuuring ning videomaterjali filmimine 3D mudeli valmistamiseks Aruanne" (PDF). register.muinas.ee. Retrieved 3 September 2021.(in Estonian)
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-479". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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 VIIC boat U-479". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- 3D image of sunken U-479 submarine [1]