German submarine U-794

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History
Nazi Germany
Name: U-794
Ordered: 7 August 1942[1]
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number: 718
Laid down: 1 February 1943[1]
Launched: 7 October 1943[1]
Commissioned: 14 November 1943[1]
Fate: Scuttled on 5 May 1945, later broken up [1]
General characteristics [2][3]
Class & type: Type XVIIA submarine
Displacement:
  • 236 long tons (240 t) surfaced
  • 259 long tons (263 t) submerged
  • 312 long tons (317 t) total
Length: 36.60 m (120 ft 1 in) o/a
Beam:
Draught: 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced
  • 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged (electric drive)
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged (HTP drive)
Range:
  • 1,840 nmi (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced
  • 76 nmi (141 km; 87 mi) at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged (electric drive)
  • 117 nmi (217 km; 135 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged (HTP drive)
Complement: 12
Armament:
Service record[1]
Part of:
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Werner Klug (14 November 1943–31 August 1944)
  • Oblt.z.S. Philipp Becker(1 September 1944–5 May 1945)
Operations: None
Victories: None

U-794 was a Type XVIIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was one of a small number of U-boats fitted with Hellmuth Walter's high test peroxide propulsion system, which offered a combination of air-independent propulsion and high submerged speeds. She spent the war as a trials vessel and was scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Gelting Bay.

U-794 was built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel. The keel was laid down on 1 February 1943, the boat was launched on 7 October. She was commissioned on 14 November. The Feldpost Number was M 52 496.

U-794 did not undertake any combat patrols and was instead assigned as a trials boat at first to the 5th U-boat Flotilla, followed by the 8th U-boat Flotilla, before returning to the 5th flotilla for the rest of the war. In late March 1944, Admiral Karl Dönitz and four other admirals took part in a trial of U-794. Although they were enthusiastic, the boat, designed for high underwater speed (over 20 m.p.h.) was difficult to manoeuvre, and the keel to beam ratio was too high.

References

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Bibliography

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  • "U-Boat Operations of the Second World War: Vol. 2: Career histories, U511-UIT25" by Kenneth Wynn, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1998.

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