However, the number of successful sinkings of allied ships, claimed by Herbert Werner, is highly exaggerated. Dates of patrols, the names of commanders and exec's and the loss of German u-boats are close to the official records. |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Naval operations |x Submarine. |a xviii, 329 pages : |b illustrations, map, portraits |c 24 cm |a New York : |b Holt, Rinehart and Winston, |c |a Iron coffins |b a personal account of the German U-boat battles of World War II / |c by Herbert A. 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. 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. U-557 had a displacement of 769 tonnes when at the surface and 871 tonnes while submerged. About the Author Commander Herbert Werner served on five submarines from. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. By wars end, 28,000 out of 39,000 German sailors had disappeared beneath the waves. She sank six merchant ships and one warship, a total of almost 37,000 gross register tons over four patrols.
For her first three war patrols her 2nd Watch Officer was Herbert Werner, who later wrote the memoir of U-boat service, Iron Coffins. 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. Werner Iron Coffins Milk Cow sub mining of Chesapeake Bay WWII mining of Norfolk TMC-type mines torpedo boat Greif. U-557 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Iron Coffins - by Herbert A Werner (Paperback) 18.
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