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German submarine ''U-203'' was a German Type VIIC submarine U-boat built for Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' for service during World War II.〔 Built as yard number 632 of Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG in Kiel, she was laid down on 28 March 1940, launched on 4 January 1941 and commissioned on 18 February under ''Kapitänleutnant'' Rolf Mützelburg. ''U-203'' carried out eleven patrols with the first flotilla and is credited with sinking 21 ships for and damaging a further three for . She was a member of eleven wolfpacks. She was sunk by British carrier-borne aircraft and a British warship southeast of Greenland in April 1943. ==Design== German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. ''U-203'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8–27 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-203'' was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one , 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German submarine U-203」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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