


Wilhelm Bauer
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Wilhelm Bauer-class Submarine Tender |
Builder | Howaldtswerke Kiel |
Ordered | 1 Jul 1936 |
Laid Down | 12 Aug 1936 |
Launched | 20 Dec 1938 |
Commissioned | 30 Apr 1940 |
Sunk | 8 Apr 1945 |
Displacement | 5,600 tons full |
Length | 435 feet |
Beam | 52 feet |
Draft | 16 feet |
Machinery | Four MAN diesel engines, two shafts |
Power Output | 12,400 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 20 knots |
Range | 9,000 statute mile at 15 knots |
Crew | 289 |
Armament | 4x10.5cm L/45 guns (2x after 1944), 1x40mm L/60 Bofors gun (after 1944), 2x3.7cm guns, 4x2cm machine guns (12x after 1944) |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseWilhelm Bauer was the lead ship of a class of large submarine tenders. She was commissioned into service in Apr 1940. In Apr 1945, she was struck by Allied aircraft and sank in shallow water. She was scrapped after the war.
ww2dbaseSource: german-navy.de
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1 Jul 1936 | The order for the construction of Wilhelm Bauer was issued. |
12 Aug 1936 | The keel of Wilhelm Bauer was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyard in Kiel, Germany. |
30 Apr 1938 | Wilhelm Bauer was launched at the Howaldtswerke shipyard in Kiel, Germany. |
30 Apr 1940 | Wilhelm Bauer was commissioned into service. |
8 Apr 1945 | Wilhelm Bauer was sunk in shallow water by Allied aircraft. |
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