U-149

Name: U-149
Address: IE

Submarine in Ireland, dating from 1945

U-149 was one of 16 Type IID German submarines commissioned during the war. It weighed 314 tons surfaced, measured 44m long and could carry a crew of 25 men. It was capable of 12.7 knots on the surface, propelled by 700 horsepower engines, and had a range of 3,200 miles if travelling on the surface. The Type IID submarine could reach a maximum depth of 100m and carried six torpedoes. It was built by Deutsche Werke in Kiel, launched in 1940 and became operational in 1941. It does not appear to ha

Type:: Submarine
Period:: 1945
Coordinates:: 55.64°N, 8.06°W

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