German submarine U-621

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
German military vessel
gptkbp:armament 14 torpedoes
1 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun
5 torpedo tubes
2 twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:beam 6.20 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Blohm_&_Voss
gptkbp:causeOfLoss Depth charges from Canadian destroyers
gptkbp:commander Oberleutnant zur See Horst Schünemann
gptkbp:commissioned 2 September 1942
gptkbp:complement 44 to 60
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:HMCS_Chaudière
gptkb:HMCS_Ottawa
HMCS Kootenay
gptkbp:displacement 769 t surfaced
871 t submerged
gptkbp:draught 4.74 m
gptkbp:fate Sunk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German submarine U-621
gptkbp:launched 9 July 1942
gptkbp:length 67.10 m
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:patrols 8
gptkbp:propulsion 2 diesel engines
2 electric motors
gptkbp:range 80 nmi at 4 knots submerged
8500 nmi at 10 knots surfaced
gptkbp:shipsDamaged 1
gptkbp:shipsSunk 5
gptkbp:speed 17.7 knots surfaced
7.6 knots submerged
gptkbp:sunkBy 18 August 1944
Bay of Biscay, off La Rochelle, France
gptkbp:type gptkb:Type_VIIC
gptkbp:victim All hands lost
gptkbp:wolfpacks gptkb:Neuland
gptkb:Rossbach
gptkb:Seewolf
gptkb:Stürmer
gptkb:Ostmark
gptkb:Leuthen
gptkbp:yardNumber 597
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Prince_Leopold
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7