Unterseeboot 405

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Career

Ordered:
Laid down:	July 8, 1940
Launched:
Commissioned:	September 17, 1941
Fate:	Sunk with all hands, November 1 1943, after being rammed by USS Borie (DD-215)
Homeport:
Stricken:
General characteristics
Displacement:	769 tonnes surfaced 871 tonnes submerged 1070 tonnes total
Length:	67.1 m total 50.5 m pressure hull
Beam:	6.2 m total 4.7 m pressure hull
Draft:	4.74 m
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric 3200 hp (2,400 kW) surfaced 750 hp (560 kW) submerged
Diving depth:	220 m (722 ft)
Speed:	17.7 knots (33 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (14 km/h) submerged
Range:	13,700 km (8200 miles) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 125 km (80 miles) at 4 knots (7 km/h) submerged
Complement:	44-52 men
Armament:	88 mm/45 deck gun with 220 rounds 4 bow and 1 aft torpedo tubes 14 torpedoes

Unterseeboot 405 was a Type VIIC u-boat which was sunk after being rammed by USS Borie on 1 November 1943. Commander: Korvkpt. Rolf-Heinrich Hopmann