German submarine U-271

German World War II submarine

German submarine U-271 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 21 October 1941 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 36, launched on 29 July 1942 and commissioned on 23 September under the command of Kapitänleutnant Curt Barleben. After training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla, U-271 was transferred to the 1st U-boat Flotilla, for front-line service from 1 June 1943.

HISTORY

Name	U-271 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Ordered	20 January 1941 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Laid down	21 October 1941 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launched	29 July 1942 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Commissioned	22 September 1942 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Fate	Sunk, January 1944, by a US B-24 Liberator +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × torpedoes or 26 × TMA or 39 × TMB tube-launched mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 2 × 20 mm AA (4,380 rounds) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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