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Karl Hause7 March 1942 \u2013 19 November 1943Operations:5 patrols:1st patrol:26 August \u2013 7 October 19422nd patrol:11 November \u2013 29 December 19423rd patrol:13 \u2013 25 February 19434th patrol:a. 10 May \u2013 16 July 1943b. 23 \u2013 24 September 19435th patrol:11 October \u2013 19 November 1943Victories:1 warship sunk (1,350 tons)3 merchant ships damaged (31,883\u00a0GRT)German submarine U-211 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 29 March 1941 by the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 640, launched on 15 January 1942 and commissioned on 7 March under the command of Korvettenkapit\u00e4n Karl Hause.A member of eight wolfpacks, she sank one warship of 1,350 tons and damaged three commercial vessels totalling 31,883\u00a0gross register tons\u00a0(GRT) in five patrols.She was sunk on 19 November 1943 by a British aircraft in the North Atlantic. 54 men died; there were no survivors.German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-211 had a displacement of 769 tonnes (757 long tons) when at the surface and 871 tonnes (857 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 67.10\u00a0m (220\u00a0ft 2\u00a0in), a pressure hull length of 50.50\u00a0m (165\u00a0ft 8\u00a0in), a beam of 6.20\u00a0m (20\u00a0ft 4\u00a0in), a height of 9.60\u00a0m (31\u00a0ft 6\u00a0in), and a draught of 4.74\u00a0m (15\u00a0ft 7\u00a0in). The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350\u00a0kW; 2,760 to 3,160\u00a0shp) for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460\/8\u201327 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550\u00a0kW; 740\u00a0shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23\u00a0m (4\u00a0ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750\u00a0ft).The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8\u00a0km\/h; 20.4\u00a0mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1\u00a0km\/h; 8.7\u00a0mph). When submerged, the boat could operate for 80 nautical miles (150\u00a0km; 92\u00a0mi) at 4 knots (7.4\u00a0km\/h; 4.6\u00a0mph); when surfaced, she could travel 8,500 nautical miles (15,700\u00a0km; 9,800\u00a0mi) at 10 knots (19\u00a0km\/h; 12\u00a0mph). U-211 was fitted with five 53.3\u00a0cm (21\u00a0in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one 8.8\u00a0cm (3.46\u00a0in) SK C\/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and a 2\u00a0cm (0.79\u00a0in) C\/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.Table of ContentsService history[edit]First patrol[edit]Second patrol[edit]Third patrol[edit]Fourth patrol[edit]Fifth patrol and loss[edit]Wolfpacks[edit]Summary of raiding history[edit]References[edit]Notes[edit]Citations[edit]Bibliography[edit]External links[edit]Service history[edit]First patrol[edit]Having moved to Bergen via Arendal in Norway in August 1942, U-211‘s first patrol began from the larger Nordic port on 26 August. Her route took her through the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and into the Atlantic Ocean.On 12 September, she damaged Empire Moonbeam southwest of Cape Clear, (southern Ireland) with one torpedo and Hektoria with two. Her next victim was Esso Williamsburg which was damaged on the 23rd about 500\u00a0nmi (930\u00a0km; 580\u00a0mi) south of Cape Farewell (Greenland). This ship had already been unsuccessfully attacked the previous day. She was eventually sunk by U-254 on 3 October. There were no survivors.U-211 arrived at Brest in occupied France on 7 October 1942.Second patrol[edit]The boat left Brest for her second foray on 11 November 1942. On 17 December, as part of Wolfpack Raufbold she sank a British destroyer, HMS\u00a0Firedrake\u00a0(H79), which at the time was on escort duty protecting Convoy ON 153, in mid-Atlantic. The ship broke into two pieces on being hit. The bow sank immediately, but the stern remained afloat for some hours. There were 26 survivors out of a ships’ company of 196.The submarine returned to Brest on 29 December.Third patrol[edit]All was well on the boat’s third sortie until 20 February 1943 when she was attacked by a US B-24 Liberator west of the Bay of Biscay. The aircraft dropped six depth charges, causing enough damage to bring the patrol to a premature end.Fourth patrol[edit]This time it was the turn of the Royal Air Force. While still outbound, an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley of No. 10 Squadron dropped three depth charges north of Finisterre in Spain on 15 May 1943 – the damage was not so great. Having left Brest on the tenth, U-211 returned on 16 July.Fifth patrol and loss[edit]U-211 moved from Brest to Lorient in September 1943. On 11 October, she began what would turn out to be her final outing. After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing west of Portugal, she was sunk by depth charges from a British Vickers Wellington of 179 Squadron east of the Azores.54 men died; there were no survivors.Wolfpacks[edit]U-211 took part in eight wolfpacks, namely:Vorw\u00e4rts (3 \u2013 26 September 1942)Panzer (27 November \u2013 11 December 1942)Raufbold (11 \u2013 21 December 1942)Trutz (1 \u2013 16 June 1943)Trutz 3 (16 \u2013 29 June 1943)Geier 2 (30 June \u2013 10 July 1943)Schill (25 October \u2013 16 November 1943)Schill 1 (16 \u2013 19 November 1943)Summary of raiding history[edit]References[edit]Notes[edit]Citations[edit]Bibliography[edit]Busch, Rainer; R\u00f6ll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II\u00a0: a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN\u00a01-55750-186-6.Busch, Rainer; R\u00f6ll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol.\u00a0IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN\u00a03-8132-0514-2.Edwards, Bernard (1996). D\u00f6nitz and the Wolf Packs – The U-boats at War. Cassell Military Classics. pp.\u00a0105, 108. ISBN\u00a00-304-35203-9.Gr\u00f6ner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815\u20131945. Vol.\u00a02. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN\u00a00-85177-593-4.External links[edit]Helgason, Gu\u00f0mundur. “The Type VIIC boat U-211”. German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 9 December 2014.Hofmann, Markus. “U 211“. Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 – u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2014.Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1943Shipwrecks1 Nov: Cha-13, U-4052 Nov: USS\u00a0Borie, Hatsukaze, Sendai, Storaa, U-340, W-265 Nov: U-8486 Nov: USS\u00a0Beatty, U-226, U-8429 Nov: U-70710 Nov: U-96611 Nov: Suzunami12 Nov: U-50813 Nov: HMS\u00a0Dulverton, I-3416 Nov: USS\u00a0Corvina, U-28017 Nov: USS\u00a0McKean18 Nov: Empire Dunstan, U-71819 Nov: USS\u00a0Sculpin, U-21120 Nov: USS Discoverer, U-536, U-76821 Nov: Empire Arthur, U-284, U-53822 Nov: HMS\u00a0Hebe23 Nov: I-3524 Nov: Ach\u00e9ron, Aigle, FR 11, USS\u00a0Liscome Bay, Melville E. Stone, Na\u00efade, Volta25 Nov: I-19, Makinami, \u014cnami, Ro-100, Toa Maru, U-600, U-849, Y\u016bgiri26 Nov: I-39, Rohna27 Nov: John P. Gaines28 Nov: U-542, Yamafuku Maru29 Nov: I-21, USS\u00a0Perkins, U-86Unknown date: USS\u00a0Capelin, I-40, Ro-38, HMS\u00a0Simoom, U-648Other incidents"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/german-submarine-u-211-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"German submarine U-211 – Wikipedia"}}]}]