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The U-414 German VII-C class
submarine
L' U-414 era un sommergibile Tedesco della diffusa e versatile Classe VII-C: fu costruito a Danzica nei cantieri Danziger Werft nel corso del 1941, e varato nel 1942.. . The submarines of the VII-C class were 67.10m long; displacement 769 tons (surfaced) 871 tons (submerged); max speed 17.7kn (surfaced) 7.5kn (submerged); five 533mm torpedo launchers; one 88mm gun, plus one or two 20mm or one 37mm machine gun. They were designed to dive down to -220m. I sommergibili della Classe VII-C erano lunghi 67.10m; dislocamento 769 tonnellate (in emersione) e 871 tonnellate (in immersione); velocità massima 17.7 nodi (in emersione) e 7.5 nodi (in immersione); erano armati con cinque tubi lanciasiluri da 533mm e di un cannone da 88mm, più una o due mitragliere da 12.7mm o un cannone da 37mm; erano progettati per potersi immergere fino a -220m The U-414 sank one enemy ship in three missions. L' U-414 affondò una nave nemica in tre missioni. On May 25,
1943, when she was cruising North-West of Tenés, the U-414 was
spotted by the British corvette HMS Vetch. Il 25 Maggio
1943, mentre stava incrociando a Nord-Ovest di Tenès, l' U-414 fu
localizzato dalla corvetta Britannica HMS Vetch. No man of the 47 crew survived. Nessuno
dei 47 uomini dell'equipaggio sopravvisse. |
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The U-414
was one of the successiful VII-C class German submarines: she was
built in Danzig by Danziger Werft during 1941, and launched during 1942.
