German submarine U-64 (1939)

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-64
Ordered	16 July 1937
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number	952
Laid down	15 December 1938
Launched	20 September 1939
Commissioned	16 December 1939
Fate	Sunk in 13 April 1940 in Norway by a British aircraft; eight dead and 38 survivors
General characteristics
Class and type	German Type IXB submarine
Displacement	1,051 t (1,034 long tons) surfaced; 1,178 t (1,159 long tons) submerged;
Length	76.50 m (251 ft) 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)
Speed	18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) surfaced; 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged;
Range	12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 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;
Armament	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern); 22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes; 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds); 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 AA gun; 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns;
Service record
Part of:	2nd U-boat Flotilla; 16 December 1939 – 13 April 1940;
Identification codes:	M 00 412
Commanders:	Kptlt. Georg-Wilhelm Schulz; 16 December 1939 – 13 April 1940;
Operations:	1 patrol:; 6 – 13 April 1940;
Victories:	None

German submarine U-64 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered by them in July 1937. Her keel was laid down by AG Weser in Bremen in December 1938. Following about nine months of construction, she was launched in September 1939 and formally commissioned into the Kriegsmarine in December.

U-64 had a very short career and sank no enemy vessels. Having left her home port of Wilhelmshaven for her first war patrol on 6 April 1940, she was intercepted by Allied aircraft seven days later off the coast of Norway during the invasion of that country and was sunk by a bomb from a Fairey Swordfish aircraft of HMS Warspite (03). Of her crew of 46, eight men died and 38 escaped from the sinking submarine.

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