German submarine U-119 (1942)

History

Nazi Germany
Name	U-119
Ordered	7 August 1939
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	624
Laid down	15 May 1940
Launched	6 January 1942^[1]
Commissioned	2 April 1942^[1]
Fate	Sunk on 24 June 1943^[1] by a British warship
General characteristics ^[2]
Class and type	Type X submarine minelayer
Displacement	1,763 tonnes (1,735 long tons) surfaced 2,177 tonnes (2,143 long tons) submerged
Length	89.80 m (294 ft 7 in) o/a 70.90 m (232 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Beam	9.20 m (30 ft 2 in) o/a 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Height	10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.71 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 × supercharged GW F 46 a 9 pu 9 cylinder, four-stroke diesel engines, 4,800 PS (4,700 bhp; 3,500 kW) 2 × AEG GU 720/8-287 electric motors, 1,100 PS (1,100 shp; 810 kW)
Speed	16.4–17 knots (30.4–31.5 km/h; 18.9–19.6 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range	18,450 nautical miles (34,170 km; 21,230 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 93 nmi (172 km; 107 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	Calculated crush depth: 220 m (720 ft)
Complement	5 officers, 47 enlisted
Armament	2 × 53.3 cm (21 in) stern torpedo tubes 15 × torpedoes 66 × SMA mines 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun (200 rounds)
Service record^[3]^[4]
Part of:	4th U-boat Flotilla 2 April 1942 – 31 January 1943 12th U-boat Flotilla 1 February – 24 June 1943
Identification codes:	M 43 666
Commanders:	Kptlt. Alois Zech 2 April 1942 – 16 April 1943 Kptlt. Horst-Tessen von Kameke 15 April – 24 June 1943
Operations:	2 patrols: 1st patrol: 6 February – 1 April 1943 2nd patrol: 25 April – 24 June 1943
Victories:	1 merchant ship sunk (2,937 GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (7,176 GRT)

German submarine U-119 was a Type XB minelaying U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Germaniawerft in Kiel on 15 May 1940 as yard number 624. She was launched on 6 January 1942 and commissioned under Kapitänleutnant Alois Zech on 2 April 1942, he was replaced by Kptlt. Horst-Tessen von Kameke on 15 April 1943, who remained in command until her loss.

U-119's service career began with the 4th U-boat Flotilla on 2 April 1942 where she underwent training. She was declared operational on 1 February 1943 when she moved over to the 12th flotilla.

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Operational career

The boat made a short run from Kiel to Frederikshaven in Denmark and back from 4 to 10 August 1942.

First patrol

Her first patrol commenced with her departure from Kiel on 6 February 1943. She crossed the North Sea and skirted the northern coast of Iceland, arriving at Bordeaux in occupied France on 1 April.

Second patrol and loss

U-119 was unsuccessfully attacked on 29 April 1943 by a Short Sunderland flying boat of 461 Squadron RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force). The boat sustained no damage but one man was killed.

She sank Halma on 3 June east of Halifax, Nova Scotia and damaged John A. Poor on 27 July. Both ships were attacked with mines laid by U-119 on 1 June.

U-119 was sunk by a combination of depth charges, gunfire and ramming from HMS Starling on 24 June 1943.^[1]

Summary of raiding history

Date	Name	Nationality	Tonnage (GRT)	Fate^[5]
3 June 1943	Halma	Panama	2,937	Sunk (Mine)
28 July 1943	John A. Poor	United States	7,176	Damaged (Mine)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kemp 1999, p. 126.
^ Gröner 1991, p. 116.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type XB boat U-119". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-119". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-119". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net.

Bibliography

Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
Kemp, Paul (1999). U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.

External links

Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type X boat U-119". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
Hofmann, Markus. "U 119". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2014.

44°59′N 12°24′W / 44.983°N 12.400°W / 44.983; -12.400

v t e German Type X submarines
U-116 U-117 U-118 U-119 U-219 U-220 U-233 U-234
Preceded by: Type IX Followed by: Type XIV List of U-boats of Germany

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1943
Shipwrecks	1 Jun: Birka, John Morgan, U-418 2 Jun: U-105, U-202, U-521 3 Jun: Montanan 4 Jun: USS PC-496, U-308, U-594 5 Jun: U-217 8 Jun: Mutsu 11 Jun: I-24, U-417, HMAS Wallaroo 12 Jun: USS R-12, U-118 13 Jun: USCGC Escanaba, I-9, Suzuya Maru 14 Jun: U-334, U-564 15 Jun: Sanraku Maru 16 Jun: SS Portmar, U-97 17 Jun: WBS 1 Hermann, I-178, Yoma 19 Jun: Barbarigo 20 Jun: U-388 22 Jun: I-7 23 Jun: USS Aludra, USS Deimos 24 Jun: U-119, U-194, U-200, U-449 28 Jun: Bari 29 Jun: USS Redwing 30 Jun: USS Hulbert, USS McCawley Unknown date: HMS Kingston, USS Runner
Other incidents	5 Jun: SS Howard M. Hanna Jr.. USS Lapon 16 Jun: I-157 27 Jun: RFA Abbeydale, USS Growler 29 Jun: USS R-14 Unknown date: I-155
1942 1943 1944 May 1943 July 1943

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