German submarine U-219

History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-219
Ordered:	6 August 1940
Builder:	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Laid down:	31 May 1941
Launched:	6 October 1942
Commissioned:	12 December 1942
Fate:	Seized by Imperial Japanese Navy at Jakarta, 8 May 1945
Japan
Name:	I-505
Commissioned:	15 July 1945
Captured:	Empire of Japan, 8 May 1945
Fate:	Surrendered at Jakarta, 1945; broken up, 1948
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type X submarine
Displacement:	1,763 tonnes (1,735 long tons) surfaced 2,177 tonnes (2,143 long tons) submerged
Length:	89.80 m (294 ft 7 in) o/a 70.90 m (232 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Beam:	9.20 m (30 ft 2 in) o/a 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Height:	10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught:	4.71 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	2 × supercharged GW F 46 a 9 pu 9 cylinder, four-stroke diesel engines, 4,800 PS (4,700 bhp; 3,500 kW) 2 × AEG GU 720/8-287 electric motors, 1,100 PS (1,100 shp; 810 kW)
Range:	18,450 nautical miles (34,170 km; 21,230 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 93 nmi (172 km; 107 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	Calculated crush depth: 220 m (720 ft)
Complement:	5 officers, 47 enlisted
Armament:	2 × 53.3 cm (21 in) stern torpedo tubes 15 × torpedoes 66 × SMA mines 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun (200 rounds)
Service record
Part of:	Kriegsmarine 4th U-boat Flotilla 12 December 1942 - 30 June 1943 12th U-boat Flotilla 1 July 1943 - 30 September 1944 33rd U-boat Flotilla 1 October 1944 - 8 May 1945
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Walter Burghagen 12 December 1944 - 8 May 1945
Operations:	Two: 1st patrol: 22 October 1943 - 1 January 1944 2nd patrol: 23 August - 11 December 1944
Victories:	None

German submarine U-219 was a Type XB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The U-boat was laid down on 31 May 1941 at the Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 625, launched on 6 October 1942, and commissioned on 12 December 1942 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Walter Burghagen.

U-219 first ventured through the South Atlantic with the second Monsun Gruppe to the Indian Ocean in late 1943, having first rounded the British Isles and headed in a southerly direction west of Ireland. Upon reaching Penang, this group of U-boats became part of 33rd U-boat Flotilla, which also comprised U-848, U-849, U-850, U-177, and U-510.

U-219's mission had been to lay mines off Cape Town and Colombo, but when the group's U-tanker was destroyed, U-219 was required to take its place, refuelling the other submarines of the group at sea so they could return to Germany. Of this group, only U-510 continued to Penang Island. U-219 returned to France and was prepared for a transport mission at Bordeaux.

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