German submarine U-510

U-505, a typical Type IXC boat
History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-510
Ordered:	20 October 1939
Builder:	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Yard number:	306
Laid down:	1 November 1940
Launched:	4 September 1941
Commissioned:	25 November 1941
Captured:	by American forces, 10 May 1945
Fate:	awarded to France, 1946
France
Name:	Bouan
Acquired:	1946
Commissioned:	24 June 1947
Struck:	1 May 1959
Fate:	broken up, 1960
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type IXC submarine
Displacement:	1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged
Length:	76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull
Beam:	6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height:	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught:	4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
Installed power:	4,400 PS (3,200 kW; 4,300 bhp) (diesels) 1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 shp) (electric)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed:	18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) surfaced 7.7 knots (14.3 km/h; 8.9 mph) submerged
Range:	13,450 nmi (24,910 km; 15,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 64 nmi (119 km; 74 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	230 m (750 ft)
Complement:	4 officers, 44 enlisted
Armament:	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun (180 rounds) 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA gun 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Service record (Kriegsmarine)
Part of:	4th U-boat Flotilla 25 November 1941 – 31 July 1942 10th U-boat Flotilla 1 August 1942 – 30 September 1944 33rd U-boat Flotilla 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Karl Neitzel 25 November 1941 – 21 May 1943 Kptlt. Alfred Eick 22 May 1943 – 8 May 1945
Operations:	1st patrol: 7 July – 13 September 1942 2nd patrol: 14 October – 12 December 1942 3rd patrol: 16 January – 16 April 1943 4th patrol: 3 June – 29 August 1943 5th patrol: 3 November 1943 – 5 April 1944 6th patrol: 26 November – 3 December 1944 7th patrol: 11 January – 23 April 1945
Victories:	11 commercial ships sunk (71,100 GRT) one auxiliary warship sunk (249 GRT) eight commercial ships damaged (53,289 GRT) three commercial ships a total loss (24,338 GRT)

German submarine U-510 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, which later served in the French Navy. The submarine was laid down on 1 November 1940 at the Deutsche Werft yard at Hamburg as yard number 306, launched on 4 September 1941, and commissioned on 25 November 1941 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Karl Neitzel.

After training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla at Stettin, U-510 was transferred to the 10th U-boat Flotilla based at Lorient in occupied France, for front-line service on 1 August 1942. Kapitänleutnant Alfred Eick took command of the U-boat on 22 May 1943, and she was transferred to the 33rd flotilla on 1 October 1944 while operating in Southeast Asian waters. During her seven war patrols the U-boat sank fifteen ships totalling 95,687 gross register tons (GRT) and damaged eight, totalling 53,289 GRT.

The U-boat was captured by American forces at Saint-Nazaire on 10 May 1945. Renamed Bouan she served in the French Navy from 1947 until struck on 1 May 1959. The submarine was broken up in 1960.