German submarine U-4 (1935)

History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-4
Ordered:	2 February 1935
Builder:	Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Cost:	1,500,000 Reichsmark
Yard number:	239
Laid down:	11 February 1935
Launched:	31 July 1935
Commissioned:	17 August 1935
Fate:	Stricken 1 August 1944, Gotenhafen, scrapped in 1945
General characteristics
Class and type:	IIA coastal submarine
Displacement:	254 t (250 long tons) surfaced 303 t (298 long tons) submerged 381 t (375 long tons) total
Length:	40.90 m (134 ft 2 in) (o/a) 27.80 m (91 ft 2 in) (pressure hull)
Beam:	4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) (o/a) 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Height:	8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught:	3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
Installed power:	700 PS (510 kW; 690 shp) (diesels) 360 PS (260 kW; 360 shp) (electric)
Propulsion:	2 × propeller shafts 2 × 0.85 m (2 ft 9 in) three-bladed propellers 2 × diesel engines 2 × double-acting electric motors
Range:	1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 35 nmi (65 km; 40 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	80 m (260 ft)
Complement:	3 officers, 22 men
Armament:	3 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Service record
Part of:	Kriegsmarine U-Boat Training Flotilla 21st U-boat Flotilla
Identification codes:	M 13 167
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Hannes Weingärtner 17 August 1935 - 29 September 1937 Kptlt. Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky 30 September 1937 - 28 October 1938 Kptlt. Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt 29 October 1938 - 16 January 1940 Oblt.z.S. Hans-Peter Hinsch 17 January - 7 July 1940 Oblt.z.S. Heinz-Otto Schultze 8 June - 28 July 1940 Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche 8 June 1940 - 2 February 1941 Oblt.z.S. Hinrich-Oscar Bernbeck 3 February - 8 December 1941 Oblt.z.S. Wolfgang Leimkühler 9 December 1941 - 15 June 1942 Lt.z.S. Friedrich-Wilhelm Marienfeld 16 June 1942 - 23 January 1943 Joachim Düppe 24 January - 31 May 1943 Oblt.z.S. Paul Sander 1 June - 22 August 1943 Oblt.z.S. Herbert Mumm 23 August 1943 - May 1944 Oblt.z.S. Hubert Rieger May - 9 July 1944
Operations:	Four: 1st patrol: 4–14 September 1939 2nd patrol: 19–29 September 1939 3rd patrol: 16–29 March 1939 4th patrol: 4–14 April 1940
Victories:	Three ships sunk for a total of 5,133 GRT one warship sunk of 1,090 tons

German submarine U-4 was a Type IIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine before and during World War II. She was one of the longest lasting German submarines of the period, primarily since half of her time was spent on training duties in the Baltic Sea.

Commissioned on 17 August 1935, she was one of the first batch of Type IIA boats constructed following the Anglo-German Naval Agreement that repealed the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which ended the First World War and stated that Germany was not permitted to possess submarines. Built at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 239, she was a highly sought after command before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. Once the war had begun however, she rapidly became obsolete. Before she was superseded, she carried out four combat patrols, mainly in support of the Norwegian campaign.

German Type II submarines were based on the Finnish submarine Vesikko. U-4 had a displacement of 254 tonnes (250 long tons) when at the surface and 303 tonnes (298 long tons) while submerged. Officially, the standard tonnage was 250 long tons (250 t), however. The U-boat had a total length of 40.90 m (134 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 27.80 m (91 ft 2 in), a beam of 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in), a height of 8.60 m (28 ft 3 in), and a draught of 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in). The submarine was powered by two MWM RS 127 S four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines of 700 metric horsepower (510 kW; 690 shp) for cruising, two Siemens-Schuckert PG VV 322/36 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 360 metric horsepower (260 kW; 360 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 0.85 m (3 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 80–150 metres (260–490 ft).

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