German submarine U-219
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German submarine U-219 was a Type XB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The U-boat was laid down on 31 May 1941 at the Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 625, launched on 6 October 1942, and commissioned on 12 December 1942 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Walter Burghagen.
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Name | U-219 |
Ordered | 6 August 1940 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 625 |
Laid down | 31 May 1941 |
Launched | 6 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1942 |
Fate | Seized by Imperial Japanese Navy at Jakarta, 5 May 1945 |
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Name | I-505 |
Commissioned | 15 July 1945 |
Captured | Empire of Japan, 5 May 1945 |
Fate | Surrendered at Jakarta, August 1945; sunk, 3 February 1946 |
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Class and type | Type X submarine minelayer (converted to auxiliary transport submarine and tanker in 1944) |
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Height | 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.71 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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Test depth | Calculated crush depth: 220 m (720 ft) |
Complement | 5 officers, 47 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 49 090 |
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Victories: | None |
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Commanders: | None |
Operations: | None |
Victories: | None |
Initially built as one of eight submarine minelayers, after her first patrol she was converted into a transport and tanker submarine, before being used as a blockade runner to deliver supplies to the German naval squadron operating in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Upon arriving in Indonesia in December 1944, U-219 remained there for several months because of several mechanical problems, with its return trip to Germany with war materials being delayed. In May 1945 she was given by its crew to the Japanese after Germany's surrender, and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as I-505 on 15 July 1945. She was never assigned a Japanese crew and was captured by the British after Japan's surrender, being sunk in February 1946 by the Royal Navy along with several other captured U-boats.