German submarine U-335 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as yard number 207, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December. After training between December 1941 and July 1942, U-335 departed Kiel harbour to conduct a war patrol in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 July 1942. However, after only three days, she was torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine and lost with only one survivor.[1]
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. Type VIIC U-boats had a displacement of 769t on the surface and 871t while submerged. U-301 had a total length of 67.1m (220.1feet), a pressure hull length of 50.5m (165.7feet), a beam of 6.2m (20.3feet), a height of 9.6m (31.5feet), and a draught of 4.74m (15.55feet). U-301s power was produced by two Germaniawerft F46 six-cylinder, four-stroke supercharged diesel engines producing a total of NaNPS for use while surfaced, and two Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. RP 137/c double-acting electric motors producing 750PS total for use while submerged. The submarine had two shafts and two 1.23abbr=onNaNabbr=on propellers. U-301 could submerge to up to underwater.
U-301 had a maximum speed of while surfaced and a maximum speed of when submerged. The submarine had a range of at while underwater; on the surface, she could travel at . U-301 was fitted with five 53.30NaN0 torpedo tubes (four in the bow and one in the stern), fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA mines, one 8.82NaN2 SK C/35 naval gun with 220 rounds, and a 2sp=usNaNsp=us C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The submarine had a complement of between 44 and 60 men.
Ordered on 15 August 1940, U-335 was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as yard number 207, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Herman Pilkner.[2]
Between 17 December 1941 and 29 July 1942, U-335 conducted training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla. At the end of her training period, U-335 was assigned to join the 6th U-boat Flotilla, based in St.Nazaire, France. The boat's one and only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 30 July 1942.[3] Atlantic-bound, she was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine southeast of the Faroe Islands on 3 August. Forty-three men died; there was one survivor.[2]