German submarine U-29 (1936)

U-33, a typical Type VIIA boat
History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-29
Ordered:	1 April 1935
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen
Cost:	4,189,000 Reichsmark
Yard number:	910
Laid down:	2 January 1936
Launched:	29 August 1936
Commissioned:	16 November 1936
Decommissioned:	17 April 1944
Fate:	Scuttled in Operation Regenbogen, 5 May 1945
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Type VIIA submarine
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
Beam:	5.85 m (19 ft 2 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height:	9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
Draught:	4.37 m (14 ft 4 in)
Installed power:	2,100–2,310 PS (1,540–1,700 kW; 2,070–2,280 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Range:	6,200 nmi (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 73–94 nmi (135–174 km; 84–108 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	220 m (720 ft) Crush depth: 230–250 m (750–820 ft)
Complement:	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	Gruppenhorchgerät
Armament:	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 11 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft gun
Service record
Part of:	2nd U-boat Flotilla 16 November 1936 – 1 January 1941 24th U-boat Flotilla 2 January 1941 – 31 August 1943 23rd U-boat Flotilla 1 September – 30 November 1943 21st U-boat Flotilla 1 December 1943 – 17 April 1944
Identification codes:	M 10 220
Commanders:	Heinz Fischer 16 November 1936 – 31 October 1938 Georg-Heinz Michel 1 November 1938 – 3 April 1939 Kptlt. Otto Schuhart 4 April 1939 – 2 January 1941 Oblt.z.S. Georg Lassen 3 January – 14 September 1941 Heinrich Hasenschar 15 September 1941 – 5 May 1942 Oblt.z.S. Karl-Heinz Marbach 6 May – 30 June 1942 Oblt.z.S. Rudolf Zorn 15 November 1942 – 20 August 1943 Oblt.z.S. Eduard Aust 21 August – 2 November 1943 Oblt.z.S. Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg 3 November 1943 – 17 April 1944
Operations:	1st patrol: 19 August – 26 September 1939 2nd patrol: 14 November – 16 December 1939 3rd patrol: 6 February – 12 March 1940 4th patrol: 27 April – 4 May 1940 5th patrol: 27 May – 11 July 1940 6th patrol: 11 September – 1 October 1940 7th patrol: 26 October – 3 December 1940
Victories:	12 commercial ships sunk (67,277 GRT) one warship sunk (22,500 GRT)

German submarine U-29 was a Type VIIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She was laid down on 2 January 1936, launched on 29 August and commissioned on 10 November. During her career U-29 was involved in seven war patrols under the command of Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart.

As one of the first ten German Type VII submarines later designated as Type VIIA submarines, U-29 had a displacement of 626 tonnes (616 long tons) when at the surface and 745 tonnes (733 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 64.51 m (211 ft 8 in), a pressure hull length of 45.50 m (149 ft 3 in), a beam of 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in), a height of 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in), and a draught of 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in). The submarine was powered by two MAN M 6 V 40/46 four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 2,100 to 2,310 metric horsepower (1,540 to 1,700 kW; 2,070 to 2,280 shp) for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). When submerged, the boat could operate for 73–94 nautical miles (135–174 km; 84–108 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 6,200 nautical miles (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-29 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), eleven torpedoes, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.