| Career |
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|---|---|
| Name: | U-529 |
| Ordered: | 15 August 1940 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg |
| Laid down: | 26 November 1941 |
| Launched: | 15 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk 15 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 55.45N, 31.09W, by depth charges from a British B-24 Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 120/S). 48 dead (all hands lost). |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type IXC/40 submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.8 m (252 ft) overall 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) overall 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400
hp (3,300 kW) 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (740 kW) |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 25,620 nmi (47,450 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h;
12 mph) surfaced 117 nmi (217 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 48 to 56 |
| Armament: | 6 × 55 cm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 22 × torpedoes 1 × Utof 105 mm (4.1 in)/45 deck gun with 110 rounds |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | 4th U-boat Flotilla (30 September 1942–31 January 1943) 10th U-boat Flotilla (1–12 February 1943) |
| Commanders: | Kapitanleutnant Georg-Werner Fraatz (30 September 1942–12 February 1943) |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-529 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine, built for service during World War II. She was launched on 15 July 1942, and commissioned on 30 September 1942.
U-529 sailed on her first and only war patrol on 30 January 1943. On 12 February 1943 she was listed as missing in the North Atlantic, assumed lost at sea. The cause of its disappearance has never been determined and may have been accidental, as no enemy actions were reported.
Sunk 15 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 55.45N, 31.09W, by depth charges from a British B-24 Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 120/S). 48 dead (all hands lost).
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