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词条 German submarine U-862
释义

  1. Design

  2. Service history

     1st patrol  2nd patrol  Transfer to Japan  Summary raiding history 

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. Bibliography

  6. External links

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  • Surrendered, August 1945
  • Scuttled, 13 February 1946
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  • {{convert|20.8|kn}} surfaced
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  • 1 × {{convert|3.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} Flak M42 AA gun
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  • 4th U-boat Flotilla
  • 7 October 1943 – 30 April 1944
  • 12th U-boat Flotilla
  • 1 May – 30 September 1944
  • 33rd U-boat Flotilla
  • 1 October 1944 – 6 May 1945
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  • K.Kapt. Heinrich Timm
  • 7 October 1943 – 8 May 1945
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  • 1st patrol: 3 June – 9 September 1944
  • 2nd patrol: 18 November 1944 – 15 February 1945
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{{Axis naval attacks on Australia}}German submarine U-862 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. After Germany's surrender in May 1945, U-862 put into Singapore and was taken over by the Imperial Japanese Navy under the name I-502.[1]U-862 was laid down on 15 August 1942 by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen. She was commissioned on 7 October 1943 with Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Timm in command. Timm commanded U-862 for her entire career in Kriegsmarine, receiving a promotion to Korvettenkapitän on 1 July 1944. U-862 conducted two patrols, sinking seven ships totalling 42,374 tons.[1]

Design

German Type IXD2 submarines were considerably larger than the original Type IXs. U-862 had a displacement of {{convert|1610|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|1799|t|LT}} while submerged.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=74–75}} The U-boat had a total length of {{convert|87.58|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a pressure hull length of {{convert|68.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|7.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a height of {{convert|10.20|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|5.35|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines plus two MWM RS34.5S six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines for cruising, producing a total of {{convert|9000|PS|kW shp|-1}} for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of {{convert|1000|shp|PS kW|-1}} for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two {{convert|1.85|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to {{convert|200|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=74–75}}

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|20.8|kn}} and a maximum submerged speed of {{convert|6.9|kn}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=74–75}} When submerged, the boat could operate for {{convert|121|nmi}} at {{convert|2|kn}}; when surfaced, she could travel {{convert|12750|nmi}} at {{convert|10|kn}}. U-862 was fitted with six {{convert|53.3|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 24 torpedoes, one {{convert|10.5|cm|in|2|abbr=on}} SK C/32 naval gun, 150 rounds, and a {{convert|3.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} Flak M42 with 2575 rounds as well as two {{convert|2|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} C/30 anti-aircraft guns with 8100 rounds. The boat had a complement of fifty-five.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=74–75}}

Service history

1st patrol

U-862 was one of the most travelled of all U-boats. She sailed from Germany in May 1944 and eventually reached Penang, in Japanese-controlled Malaya, in September 1944. Penang was the base for the 33rd U-boat Flotilla, code-named Monsun Gruppe ("Monsoon Group").

On the way there, she launched a T5/G7es Zaunkönig I acoustic homing torpedo at a tanker. The Zaunkönig came around full circle to home in on U-862. Only an emergency crash dive saved the U-boat from her own torpedo. She also shot down an Allied Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft H of No. 265 Squadron RAF on 20 August 1944 and then escaped an intense search for her. She sank several merchant ships in the Mozambique Channel between Africa and Madagascar.

2nd patrol

{{see also|Axis naval activity in Australian waters|Axis naval activity in New Zealand waters}}U-862 departed for her second war patrol from Batavia in the Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies in December 1944. She sailed down the west coast of Australia, across the Great Australian Bight, around the southern coast of Tasmania and then north towards Sydney where she sank the U.S.-registered Liberty ship {{SS|Robert J. Walker||2}} on 25 December 1944. She then travelled around New Zealand and entered the port of Napier at night undetected.[3] This has given birth to an urban legend in New Zealand, where it is said that the captain of U-862 sent sailors ashore at night to steal fresh milk from a farm. This may arise from a joke made by Captain Timm to Air Vice Marshal Sir Rochford Hughes in the late 1950s.[4] U862's voyage to New Zealand was portrayed in a stage comedy U Boat Down Under which was written and directed by Peter Tait and performed at Downstage Theatre, Wellington from 27 July to 5 August 2006.[5]

U-862 then returned to the Indian Ocean. On 6 February 1945, about 1,520 km (820 nm) south-west of Fremantle, U-862 sank the U.S.-registered Liberty ship, {{SS|Peter Silvester||2}}, which was loaded with mules bound for Burma.

U-862 was also a trial boat for the FuMo 65 Hohentwiel radar system. This was cranked out of a casing on the port side of the conning tower and rose on a mast. The aerial was hand trained onto targets whilst the U-boat was on the surface. The radar had a range up to {{convert|7|nmi|abbr=on}} and was very effective where there was little risk from air attack on the U-boat.

Transfer to Japan

When Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945, she put into Singapore and was taken over by the Imperial Japanese Navy.[6]{{rp|235}} On 15 July 1945 she became the IJN submarine I-502. The I-502 surrendered at Singapore in August 1945 and was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca at {{coord|03|05|N|100|38|E|dim:400000|display=inline,title}} on 13 February 1946.[1]

The German crew of U-862 suffered no casualties, and some returned to Germany several years after the war. Others who were interned at Kinmel Camp, Bodelwyddan, North Wales, remained in Wales and settled in the neighbouring communities of Rhyl, Rhuddlan and Prestatyn, due to the risks of returning to the Soviet occupied areas of Germany after the war. Two of the crew are buried at the new cemetery at Rhuddlan, North Wales, on nearby plots.

Summary raiding history

DateShip nameNationalityTonnage (GRT)PositionDeathsCargo & passengers
25 July 1944Robin Goodfellow{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}6,885{{coord|20|03|S|14|21|W}}68
(no survivors)
8,602 tons of chrome ore
13 August 1944Radbury{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}3,614{{coord|24|20|S|41|45|E}}234–5,000 tons of coal
16 August 1944Empire Lancer{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}7,037{{coord|15|00|S|44|00|E}}422,000 tons of copper
1,000 tons of military stores
18 August 1944Nairung{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}5,414{{coord|15|00|S|42|00|E}}92
(no survivors)
General cargo, including ammunition
19 August 1944Wayfarer{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}5,068{{coord|14|30|S|42|20|E}}513,000 tons of copper
2,000 tons of coal
24 December 1944Robert J. Walker{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}7,180{{coord|36|35|S|150|43|E}}2Ballast
6 February 1945Peter Silvester{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}7,176{{coord|34|19|S|99|37|E}}332,700 tons of US Army supplies
317 mules
107 soldiers

See also

  • Axis naval activity in Australian waters
  • Axis naval activity in New Zealand waters

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u862.htm |title=The Type IXD2 boat U-862 |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
2. ^{{Cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/patrols/u862.html |title=War Patrols by German U-boat U-862 |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net |accessdate=9 March 2010}}
3. ^According to U-Boat Far from Home, U-862 entered Gisborne Port – not Napier
4. ^{{cite book|last=Stevens|first=David|title=U-Boat Far from Home|year=1997|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=1-86448-267-2}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=293|title=New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews – Theatreview|publisher=}}
6. ^Giese, O., 1994, Shooting the War, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, {{ISBN|1557503079}}

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-55750-186-6 | ref = harv}}
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|last1=Busch
|first1=Rainer
|last2=Röll
|first2=Hans-Joachim
|title=Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945
|trans-title=German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945
|work=Der U-Boot-Krieg
|volume=IV
|publisher=Mittler
|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn
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|isbn=3-8132-0514-2
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|last1=Gröner
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|author-link1=
|author-mask1=
|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|display-authors=
|last-author-amp=
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
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|translator-last2=Magowan
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  • {{cite book|last=Shone|first=Gerald|year=2016|title=U-boat in New Zealand Waters|publisher=Pahiatua Publications|location=Auckland|isbn=978-0-473-35128-1}}
{{Refend}}

External links

  • {{Cite web

|url= http://uboat.net/boats/u862.htm
|title= The Type IXD2 boat U-862
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
|accessdate= 7 December 2014
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