German submarine U-141 (1940)

History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-141
Ordered:	25 September 1939
Builder:	Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Laid down:	20 November 1939
Launched:	12 December 1940
Commissioned:	21 August 1940
Fate:	Scuttled on 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
General characteristics
Class and type:	IID
Type:	Coastal submarine
Displacement:	314 t (309 long tons) surfaced 364 t (358 long tons) submerged
Length:	43.97 m (144 ft 3 in) o/a 29.80 m (97 ft 9 in) pressure hull
Beam:	4.92 m (16 ft 2 in) (o/a) 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Height:	8.40 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draught:	3.93 m (12 ft 11 in)
Installed power:	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (diesels) 410 PS (300 kW; 400 shp) (electric)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Range:	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 56 nmi (104 km; 64 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	80 m (260 ft)
Complement:	3 officers, 22 men
Armament:	3 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Service record
Part of:	1st U-boat Flotilla 21–23 October 1940 3rd U-boat Flotilla 1 May - 30 September 1941 21st U-boat Flotilla 1 October 1941 - 1 March 1945 31st U-boat Flotilla 22 March - 2 May 1945
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Heinz-Otto Schultze 21 August - 30 March 1941 Oblt.z.S. Philip Schüler 31 March - 15 June 1941 Oblt.z.S. Jürgen Kruger 30 November 1941 - 15 June 1942 Oblt.z.S. Günther Möller 16 June 1942 - 15 February 1943 Dietrich Rauch 16 February - 28 July 1943 Oblt.z.S. Bernhard Luttmann 29 July 1943 - 6 November 1944 Oblt.z.S. Heinrich-Dietrich Hoffmann 7 November 1944 - 2 February 1945
Operations:	1st patrol: 29 April - 11 May 1941 2nd patrol: 31 May - 26 June 1941 3rd patrol: 14 July - 1 August 1941 4th patrol: 18 August - 18 September 1941
Victories:	four ships sunk, one ship damaged

German submarine U-141 was a Type IID U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 12 December 1939 by Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 270. She was launched on 27 July 1940 and commissioned on 21 August 1940 with Oberleutnant zur See Heinz-Otto Schultze in command.

U-141 began her service life with the 1st U-boat Flotilla. She was then assigned to the 3rd flotilla and subsequently to the 21st flotilla where she conducted four patrols, sinking four ships and damaging another, between May and September 1941. She spent the rest of the war as a training vessel, moving over to the 31st flotilla.

She was scuttled in May 1945.

German Type IID submarines were enlarged versions of the original Type IIs. U-141 had a displacement of 314 tonnes (309 long tons) when at the surface and 364 tonnes (358 long tons) while submerged. Officially, the standard tonnage was 250 long tons (250 t), however. The U-boat had a total length of 43.97 m (144 ft 3 in), a pressure hull length of 29.80 m (97 ft 9 in), a beam of 4.92 m (16 ft 2 in), a height of 8.40 m (27 ft 7 in), and a draught of 3.93 m (12 ft 11 in). The submarine was powered by two MWM RS 127 S four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines of 700 metric horsepower (510 kW; 690 shp) for cruising, two Siemens-Schuckert PG VV 322/36 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 410 metric horsepower (300 kW; 400 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 0.85 m (3 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 80–150 metres (260–490 ft).

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