The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m propellers. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower for use while surfaced, two Brown, Boveri & Cie GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower for use while submerged. Werner (1998, Trade Paperback, Reprint) 2 product ratings About this product New (other) 25.95 Pre-owned 10.07 Make an offer: Pre-owned New (other): Lowest price 25. She had a total length of 67.10 m, a pressure hull length of 50.50 m, a beam of 6.20 m, a height of 9.60 m, and a draught of 4.74 m. Iron Coffins : A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II by Herbert A. U-557 had a displacement of 769 tonnes when at the surface and 871 tonnes while submerged. For more information on all of our cremation caskets, metal caskets, stainless steel caskets or traditional wood caskets, please contact our staff at (800)950-4042 Trusted Caskets. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines.
She sank six merchant ships and one warship, a total of almost 37,000 gross register tons over four patrols. A personal account of the German U-boat battles of WWII Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
For her first three war patrols her 2nd Watch Officer was Herbert Werner, who later wrote the memoir of U-boat service, Iron Coffins. Herbert Werner explains it all in this fact-filled and extremely personal accounting of those five years he participated in the war of the & ldquo Iron.
Oberleutnant zur See Ottokar Paulshen was in command throughout her career. She was laid down on 6 January 1940, launched on 22 December 1940 and commissioned on 13 February 1941. U-557 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II.
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