Unterseeboot 219 (U-219) was a German Type XB minelaying submarine (U-boat) during the Second World War. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Type X (XB U-boats were a special type of German Submarine ( U-boat) Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines Historically this has been carried out by ships submarines and aircraft A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
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U-boat type
This type of u-boat had a series of vertical flooded mineshafts ahead of the bridge along the centerline and a further bank of shafts either side of the conning tower. These vertical tubes were in excess of a metre wide. Her sister, U-234, which famously was found carrying uranium-oxide to Japan in 1945, when she surrendered, had a similar mine chute arrangement.
Wartime service
She first ventured through the South Atlantic with the second Monsun Gruppe to the Indian Ocean in late 1943. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface This group of U-boats upon reaching Penang became part of U-Flotte 33, also comprised of U-848 U-849, U-850, U-177 and U-510. U-219's mission had been to lay mines off Cape Town and Colombo but, when the group's U-tanker was destroyed, U-219 was required to refuel the rest of the group at sea so they could return to Germany. A naval mine is a self-contained Explosive device placed in water to destroy Ships or Submarines Unlike Depth charges mines are deposited Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Of this group, only U-510 continued to Penang Island. U-219 returned to France and was prepared for a transport mission at Bordeaux. During the war a total of 19 U-boats and Italian transport submarines reached the Far East out of 42 attempted voyages. Several of these craft remained in the far east when Germany surrendered in 1945. On her next voyage east, U-219 departed Bordeaux on 23 August 1944. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Her voyage from Bordeaux in France in 1944 was as a cargo carrying transport. ( Gascon: Bordèu) is a port city in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Her cargo included part of a consignment of twelve dismantled V-2 rockets for Japan. See also Vergeltungswaffe The V-2 rocket ( Vergeltungswaffe 2 was the first Ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
U-219 and U-195 both sailed for the far east from France in August 1944 [see notes #2] along with U-180. U-219 and U-195 shared the consignment of twelve V-2 rockets[1] and both reached Djakarta in December 1944. Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta) is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. U-180 is thought sunk in the Gironde estuary by a mine and thus remains in shallow French waters with her cargo aboard.
Post-war
After Germany's surrender, U-219 was seized by the Japanese at Batavia on 8 May 1945 and on 15 July 1945 was placed into service with the Imperial Japanese Navy as I-505. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar For Combined Fleet, please see that article For Carrier Striking Task Force, please see that article Eventually U-219, operating as I-505, was captured at Surabaya in August 1945 by the British Royal Navy and scuttled in February 1946 at off the Sunda Strait. Surabaya (formerly spelled as Soerabaja) is Indonesia 's second-largest city, and the capital of the province of East Java. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)
Notes
- ^ "Stalin's Silver" by John Beasant, Reed Business Pub
References
- "U-boat Far from Home, The epic voyage of U-862 to Australia and New Zealand" by David Stevens, Allen and Unwin Pub
- "Stalin's Silver" by John Beasant, Reed Business Pub
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