| History | |
|---|---|
 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-851 |
| Ordered | 20 January 1941 |
| Builder | DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number | 1057 |
| Laid down | 18 March 1942 |
| Launched | 15 January 1943 |
| Acquired | 12 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 May 1943 |
| Stricken | 8 June 1944 |
| Fate | Missing, presumed sunk, in the North Atlantic after 27 March 1944. 70 dead (all hands lost). |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Type IXD2 submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 1,610 t (1,580 long tons) surfaced 1,804 t (1,776 long tons) submerged |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 87.58 m (287 ft 4 in) o/a 68.5 m (224 ft 9 in) pressure hull |
| Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) o/a 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 5.35 m (17 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines 2 × MWM RS 24,5 S 6-cylinder diesel engines, totaling 9,000 hp (6,711 kW) 2 × SSW 2 GU 345/34 double acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h; 22.1 mph) surfaced 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) submerged |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 12,750 nautical miles (23,610 km; 14,670 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 115 nautical miles (213 km; 132 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement | 55 to 63 |
| Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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| Service record | |
| Identification codes: | M 51 959 |
| Operations: | 1st patrol: |
German submarine U-851 was a long-range Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Service history edit
Fate edit
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References edit
- Notes
- ^ Gröner 1985, p. 114.
- Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher (in German). Vol. III. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Sharpe, Peter (1998). U-Boat Fact File. Great Britain: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
External links edit
- "U-851". The Boats - U-boat.net. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
Category:World War II submarines of Germany
Category:German Type IX submarines
Category:Ships built in Bremen (state)
Category:1943 ships
Category:U-boats commissioned in 1943
Category:U-boats sunk in 1944
Category:Missing U-boats