German submarine U-867 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during the Second World War.
German Type IXC/40 submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXCs. U-867 had a displacement of 1144t when at the surface and 1257t while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of 76.76m (251.84feet), a pressure hull length of 58.75m (192.75feet), a beam of 6.86m (22.51feet), a height of 9.6m (31.5feet), and a draught of 4.67m (15.32feet). The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 4400PS for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 1000shp for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.92abbr=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-867 was fitted with six 53.30NaN0 torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one 10.52NaN2 SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a 3.7cm (01.5inches) Flak M42 as well as two twin 2sp=usNaNsp=us C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of forty-eight.
She was ordered on 25 August 1941 and laid down in Bremen, Germany on 5 February 1943, being launched on 24 August 1943. She had one commander, Kapitän zur See Arved von Mühlendahl, for her one patrol. She had a complement of 60.[1]
U-867 was scuttled on 19 September 1944 north-west of Bergen, Norway after depth charges were dropped from a British RAF B-24 Liberator which badly damaged her.