German type xxiii u boat diagram. Only six boats are known to have carried out operational patrols which resulted in five allied ships sunk with no loss to the attacking boats. The u boat war in world war two kriegsmarine 1939 1945 and world war one kaiserliche marine 1914 1918 and the allied efforts to counter the threat. Only three survived in the post war months while the rest were either sunk by controlled allied fire after capture or scuttled by their german crews. Construction was handled by deustche werft at hamburg and germaniawerft at kiel.
Bronco german type xxiii rc submarine rcsubguy. Nach dem krieg hob die deutsche bundesmarine zwei boote dieses typs und stellte sie als u boot klasse 240 wieder in dienst. The commander of u 2511 claimed the u boat had a british cruiser in her sights on 4 may when news of the german cease fire was received. Type xxiii german u boat rc submarine maiden voyage duration.
He further claimed she made a practice attack before leaving the scene undetected. Trumpeter 148 u boat u 552 with see thru hull and illumination part 2 duration. The first type xxiii to achieve combat success was u 2322 commanded by oberleutnant zur see fridtjof heckel. A new type of u boat was to be designed for the east german navy which should derive from the documentation of u 1308 project 20 stichling and experiences with kriegsmarine type xxiii u boats.
The type xxiii operated through to the end of the second world war to which just seven total units were lost and these to air attacks. U 2511 and u 3008 were the only type xxis used for war patrols and neither sank any ships. 48 boats were constructed at. The first war patrol of a type xxiii began late in the war when u 2324 sailed from kiel on 18 january 1945.
The first type xxiii launched was u 2321 on april 17 1944. By the end of the war a total of 61 type xxiiis had entered service with the last one launched on april 19 1945 u 4712. Esli vam ponravilos video stavte layk i podpisyvaytes na. Although she was to survive the war she sank no enemy vessels.
Sie wurde aufgrund ihrer geringen groesse als kuesten u boot eingestuft. Die u boot klasse xxiii offiziell typ xxiii genannt war ein deutscher u boot typ gegen ende des zweiten weltkrieges. Initial concept was for a coastal submarine with a displacement of about 320 t to be built by the volkswerft at stralsund.