U-505, a typical Type IXC boat
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Name: | U-131 |
Ordered: | 7 August 1939 |
Builder: | DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number: | 994 |
Laid down: | 1 September 1940 |
Launched: | 1 April 1941 |
Commissioned: | 1 July 1941 |
Fate: | Scuttled, 17 December 1941 |
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Class and type: | Type IXC submarine |
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Height: | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught: | 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
Complement: | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
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Operations: | 1st patrol: 27 November – 17 December 1941 |
Victories: | One commercial ships sunk (4,016 GRT) |
German submarine U-131 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Built at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, she was laid down on 1 September 1940, launched on 1 April 1941, and commissioned on 1 July 1941, with Korvettenkapitän Arend Baumann in command.
German Type IXC submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXBs. U-131 had a displacement of 1,120 tonnes (1,100 long tons) when at the surface and 1,232 tonnes (1,213 long tons) while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in), a pressure hull length of 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in), a beam of 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in). The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 4,400 metric horsepower (3,240 kW; 4,340 shp) for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 1,000 metric horsepower (740 kW; 990 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.92 m (6 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).