U-570 Type VIIC submarine that was captured by the British in 1941. This U-boat is almost identical to U-982.
|Ordered||5 June 1941|
|Builder||Blohm & Voss, Hamburg|
|Laid down||24 August 1942|
|Launched||29 April 1943|
|Commissioned||10 June 1943|
|Fate||Destroyed on 9 April 1945|
|Class and type||Type VIIC submarine|
|Height||9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)|
|Draught||4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)|
|Complement||4 officers, 44–52 enlisted|
She was ordered on 5 June 1941, and was laid down on 24 August 1942 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 182. She was launched on 29 April 1943 and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Edmund Grochowiak on 10 June 1943.
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-982 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 m (220 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in), a beam of 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in). 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 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. RP 137/c double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph). When submerged, the boat could operate for 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-982 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA mines, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and one twin 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between 44 — 52 men.
U-982 sailed on only one short war patrol, lasting 19 days. She neither attacked nor sank any ships.
On 9 April 1945, U-982 was destroyed by bombs in the No. 5 box of the U-boat bunker Fink II at Hamburg-Finkenwerder. U-982 was caught in a British RAF Bomber Command raid. There were no casualties and the wreck was later broken up.