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词条 German submarine U-129 (1941)
释义

  1. Design

  2. Service history

     1st, 2nd and 3rd patrols  4th patrol  5th and 6th patrols  7th, 8th and 9th patrols  10th patrol  Fate 

  3. Summary of raiding history

  4. References

  5. Bibliography

  6. External links

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  • {{convert|1000|PS|kW shp|-1|abbr=on}} (electric)
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  • {{convert|230|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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  • 1 × {{convert|3.7|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} SK C/30 AA gun
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  • 4th U-boat Flotilla
  • 21 May – 30 June 1941
  • 2nd U-boat Flotilla
  • 1 July 1941 – 1 July 1944
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  • Kptlt. Nicolai Clausen
  • 21 May 1941 – 13 May 1942
  • K.Kapt. Hans Witt
  • 14 May 1942 – 8 July 1943
  • Oblt.z.S. Richard von Harpe
  • 12 July 1943 – 19 July 1944
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  • 1st patrol:
  • 3–30 August 1941
  • 2nd patrol:
  • 27 September – 8 October 1941
  • 3rd patrol:
  • 21 October 1941 – 28 December 1941
  • 4th patrol:
  • 25 January – 5 April 1942
  • 5th patrol:
  • 20 May – 21 August 1942
  • 6th patrol:
  • 28 September 1942 – 6 January 1943
  • 7th patrol:
  • 11 March – 29 May 1943
  • 8th patrol:
  • 27 July – 9 September
  • 9th patrol:
  • 9–11 October 1943; then 12 October – 31 January 1944
  • 10th patrol:
  • 22 March 1944 – 19 July 1944
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German submarine U-129 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the AG Weser yard, Bremen as yard number 992 on 30 July 1940, launched on 28 February 1941 and was commissioned on 21 May with Kapitänleutnant Nicolai Clausen in command.

Her service life began with training in the 4th U-boat Flotilla; she moved to the 2nd Flotilla for operations on 1 July 1941.

She sank 29 ships, a total of {{GRT|143,748|disp=long}}, on ten patrols.

Design

German Type IXC submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXBs. U-129 had a displacement of {{convert|1120|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|1232|t|LT}} while submerged.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=68}} The U-boat had a total length of {{convert|76.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a pressure hull length of {{convert|58.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|6.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a height of {{convert|9.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|4.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of {{convert|4400|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|PS|kW shp|-1}} for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two {{convert|1.92|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to {{convert|230|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=68}}

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|18.3|kn}} and a maximum submerged speed of {{convert|7.3|kn}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=68}} When submerged, the boat could operate for {{convert|63|nmi}} at {{convert|4|kn}}; when surfaced, she could travel {{convert|13450|nmi}} at {{convert|10|kn}}. U-129 was fitted with six {{convert|53.3|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one {{convert|10.5|cm|in|2|abbr=on}} SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a {{convert|3.7|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} SK C/30 as well as a {{convert|2|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=68}}

Service history

She made the short journey from Kiel, arriving in Horten Naval Base in Norway on 24 July 1941.

1st, 2nd and 3rd patrols

The boat's first patrol involved her departure from Horten, crossing the North Sea and entering the Atlantic Ocean by passing close to the Faroe Islands on the Icelandic side. She arrived at Lorient (where she would be based for most of her career), in occupied France on 30 August 1941.

Her second sortie saw her cross the Bay of Biscay to a point north of the Azores.

Her third patrol was further south, as far south as a similar latitude to Rio de Janeiro, but success continued to elude her.

4th patrol

Things improved dramatically when as part of Operation Drumbeat,[1] she attacked Nordvangen on 20 February; this ship sank in one minute northeast of Trinidad. Staying in the West Indies / northern South America region, she sank another six vessels.

5th and 6th patrols

The submarine returned to her sunshine haunts; included in the toll was Hardwicke Grange, which was sunk with torpedoes and the deck gun north of Puerto Rico on 12 June 1942. She also sank Millinrocket on 17 June off La Isabela, Cuba and a ship from the Soviet Union, Tuapse, in the Gulf of Mexico on 4 July.

Her sixth patrol included the sinking of Trafalgar about {{convert|1100|nmi|abbr=on}} northeast of Guadeloupe on 16 October 1942 and West Kebar some {{convert|350|nmi|abbr=on}} northeast of Barbados.

7th, 8th and 9th patrols

Patrol number seven saw ships such as the {{MV|Melbourne Star|1936|2}} and Panam consigned to the deep. On the return journey U129 was refuelling from the 'milk cow' supply submarine {{GS|U-459||2}} when two men were swept overboard. One was recovered fairly swiftly but the other could not be found.[2]

Her eighth patrol was west of the Canary Islands and produced no results.

U-129{{'}}s ninth patrol was divided into two; she departed Lorient on 9 October 1943, but put into Saint-Nazaire on the 11th. A day later she headed for the US east coast, sinking Libertad on 4 December off North Carolina.

10th patrol

The boat began her last operation which at 111 days, was her longest, on 22 March 1944. Steaming south, she encountered Anadyr about {{convert|600|nmi|abbr=on}} south southeast of Recife in Brazil and sank her.

Fate

The boat was taken out of service at Lorient 4 July 1944; she was scuttled on 18 August. She was raised and broken up in 1946.

Summary of raiding history

Date[3]NameflagcountryTonnageFate
20 February 1942Nordvangen{{flagcountry|Norway}}2,400Sunk
23 February 1942George L. Torian{{flagcountry|Canada|1921}}1,754Sunk
23 February 1942Lennox{{flagcountry|Canada|1921}}1,904Sunk
23 February 1942West Zeda{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}5,658Sunk
28 February 1942Bayou{{flagcountry|Panama}}2,605Sunk
3 March 1942Mary{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}5,104Sunk
7 March 1942Steel Age{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}6,188Sunk
10 June 1942L. A. Christensen{{flagcountry|Norway}}4,362Sunk
12 June 1942Hardwick Grange{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}9,005Sunk
17 June 1942Millinrocket{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}3,274Sunk
27 June 1942Las Choapas{{flagcountry|Mexico|1934}}2,005Sunk
27 June 1942Tuxpam{{flagcountry|Mexico|1934}}7,008Sunk
1 July 1942Taspe{{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}6,320Sunk
12 July 1942Tachirá{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}2,325Sunk
19 July 1942Port Antonio{{flagcountry|Norway}}1,266Sunk
23 July 1942Onondaga{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}2,309Sunk
16 October 1942Trafalgar{{flagcountry|Norway}}5,542Sunk
23 October 1942Reuben Tipton{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}6,829Sunk
30 October 1942West Kebar{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}5,620Sunk
5 November 1942Astrell{{flagcountry|Norway}}7,595Sunk
5 November 1942Meton{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}7,027Sunk
2 April 1943{{MV|Melbourne Star|1936|2}}{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}12,806Sunk
24 April 1943Santa Catalina{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}6,507Sunk
4 May 1943Panam{{flagcountry|Panama}}7,277Sunk
4 December 1943Libertad{{flagcountry|Cuba}}5,441Sunk
6 May 1944Anadyr{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}5,278Sunk
11 May 1944Empire Heath{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}6,643Sunk

References

1. ^Gannon, Michael Operation Drumbeat – the dramatic true story of Germany's first U-boat attacks along the American coast in World War II, 1990, Harper and Row, {{ISBN|0-06-016155-8}}, pp. 129, 489
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/patrols/patrol_3850.html |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |title=Patrol info for U-129 |website=U-boat patrols - uboat.net}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u129.html |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |title=Ships hit by U-129 |website=WWII U-boat Successes - uboat.net |accessdate=9 July 2012}}

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}}
  • {{cite book

|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
|year=1999
|isbn=3-8132-0514-2
|language=German
|ref=harv
}}
  • {{cite book

|last1=Gröner
|first1=Erich
|author-link1=
|author-mask1=
|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|display-authors=
|last-author-amp=
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
|translator-first1=Keith
|translator-last2=Magowan
|translator-first2=Rachel
|year=1991
|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
|volume=2
|work=German Warships 1815–1945
|location=London
|publisher=Conway Maritime Press
|isbn=0-85177-593-4
|ref=CITEREFGr.C3.B6ner1991
}}{{Refend}}

External links

  • {{Cite web

|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u129.htm
|title=The Type IXC boat U-129
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
|accessdate=7 December 2014
}}
  • {{Cite web

|url=http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0129.html
|title=U 129
|last=Hofmann
|first=Markus
|website=Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de
|language=German
|accessdate=7 December 2014
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