German submarine U-1005 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was ordered on 14 October 1941, and was laid down on 29 January 1943, at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 205. She was launched on 17 November 1943, and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Joachim Methner on 30 December 1943.[1]
German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier Type VIIC submarines. U-1005 had a displacement of 769t when at the surface and 871t while submerged. She had a total length of 67.1m (220.1feet), a pressure hull length of 50.5m (165.7feet), an overall beam of 6.2m (20.3feet), a height of 9.6m (31.5feet), and a draught of 4.74m (15.55feet). The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of NaNPS for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750PS for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23abbr=onNaNabbr=on propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . U-1005 was fitted with five 53.30NaN0 torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA or TMB Naval mines, one 8.82NaN2 SK C/35 naval gun, (220 rounds), one 3.7cm (01.5inches) Flak M42 and two 2sp=usNaNsp=us C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and fifty-two.
U-1005 participated in two war patrol which resulted in no ships damaged or sunk.
U-1005 had Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus fitted out sometime before February 1945.
On 14 May 1945, U-1005 surrendered at Bergen, Norway and was transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 2 June 1945, where she would wait nearly six months for her final fate. Of the 156 U-boats that eventually surrendered to the Allied forces at the end of the war, U-1005 was one of 116 selected to take part in Operation Deadlight. U-1005 was towed out but foundered on 5 December 1945, becoming one of the 56 U-boats that sank before reaching the scuttling areas.
The wreck now lies at 55.55°N -35°W.