U-34
Sunk
| Type | Submarine |
|---|---|
| Class | Type VIIA |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 1 × 3.5″ gun |
Sank a Republican submarine off Málaga in 1936 in the secret Operation Ursula. In the war she sank more than twenty ships, among them the British submarine Spearfish off Norway on 1 August 1940. Sank after a collision in the Baltic in August 1943.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 11 × torpedoes or 22 TMA mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun
| Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 15 September 1935 |
| Launched | 17 July 1936 |
| Commissioned | 12 September 1936 |
| Displacement | 626 tonnes (616 long tons) surfaced 745 t (733 long tons) submerged |
| Length | 64.51 m (211 ft 8 in) o/a 45.50 m (149 ft 3 in) pressure hull |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged |
| Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
17 July 1936
Sinking of Spearfish
Survived
1 August 1940
Wilhelm Rollmann
Fate
Sunk
Sunk, 5 August 1943