German submarine U-1105

U-995 , last remaining Type VIIC U-boat, sister to U-1105
History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-1105
Ordered:	14 October 1941
Builder:	Nordseewerke, Emden
Yard number:	227
Laid down:	6 July 1943
Launched:	20 April 1944
Commissioned:	3 June 1944
Fate:	Surrendered, 10 May 1945
United Kingdom
Name:	N-16
Acquired:	10 May 1945
Commissioned:	29 June 1945
Out of service:	11 February 1946
Nickname(s):	Black Panther
Fate:	Transferred to the US Navy, 1946
United States
Name:	U-1105
Acquired:	1946
Fate:	Scuttled, 19 September 1949
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type VII-C/41 U-boat
Displacement:	759 tonnes (747 long tons) surfaced 860 t (846 long tons) submerged
Length:	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam:	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height:	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught:	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power:	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed:	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range:	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	250 m (820 ft)
Complement:	44-52 officers and enlisted men
Armament:	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in)/45 deck gun (220 rounds)
U-1105 BLACK Panther (Type VIIC German Submarine)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Piney Point, Maryland
Coordinates	38°8′10″N 76°33′10″W / 38.13611°N 76.55278°W / 38.13611; -76.55278Coordinates: 38°8′10″N 76°33′10″W / 38.13611°N 76.55278°W / 38.13611; -76.55278
Area	less than one acre
Built	1944
Architectural style	Other, Submarine Type VIIC
NRHP Reference #	00001602
Added to NRHP	11 January 2001

German submarine U-1105, a Type VII-C/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, was built at the Nordseewerke Shipyard, Emden, Germany, and commissioned on 3 June 1944. Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Joachim Schwarz was given command. He would command U-1105 for the remainder of the war.

German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier Type VIIC submarines. U-1105 had a displacement of 759 tonnes (747 long tons) when at the surface and 860 tonnes (850 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in), a beam of 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in). The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert GU 343/38-8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).

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). When submerged, the boat could operate for 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-1105 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.