German submarine U-852
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German submarine U-852 was a Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine, which was a special long-range version of the Type IX, had four bow and two stern torpedo tubes and a Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze cable-towed lookout gyroglider. It was laid down in Bremen and completed in June 1943. She was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, who led her through her sea trials and onto her first war patrol on 18 January 1944.
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Name | U-852 |
Ordered | 20 January 1941 |
Builder | DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number | 1058 |
Laid down | 15 April 1942 |
Launched | 28 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 June 1943 |
Fate | Scuttled on 3 May 1944 |
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Class and type | Type IXD2 submarine |
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Height | 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 5.40 m (17 ft 9 in) |
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Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
Complement | 55 to 63 |
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Identification codes: | M 52 771 |
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Victories: |
2 merchant ships sunk (9,972 GRT) |
Eck and his officers were the only Kriegsmarine submariners to be tried for war crimes at the end of World War II in Europe. They were convicted at a British military tribunal in Hamburg, (held concurrently during the Nuremberg Trials) for killing the survivors of the torpedoed Greek steamer Peleus in 1944.