German submarine U-1305
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German submarine U-1305 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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U-995 Type VIIC/41 at the Laboe Naval Memorial. This U-boat is almost identical to U-1305. | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-1305 |
Ordered | 1 August 1942 |
Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg |
Yard number | 498 |
Laid down | 30 July 1943 |
Launched | 11 July 1944 |
Commissioned | 13 September 1944 |
Fate | Surrendered on 10 May 1945 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | S-84 |
Commissioned | 13 February 1946 |
Fate | Sunk on 10 October 1957 during an atomic bomb test |
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Type | Type VIIC/41 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 | 44-52 officers & ratings |
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Identification codes: | M 44 117 |
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Victories: |
1 merchant ship sunk (878 GRT) |
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She was ordered on 1 August 1942, and was laid down on 30 July 1943, at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, as yard number 498. She was launched on 11 July 1944, and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Helmuth Christiansen on 13 September 1944.[2]