![]() ![]() The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 4,400 metric horsepower (3,240 kW 4,340 shp) for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 1,000 shaft horsepower (1,010 PS 750 kW) for use while submerged. U-869 had a displacement of 1,144 tonnes (1,126 long tons) when at the surface and 1,257 tonnes (1,237 long tons) while submerged. ![]() German Type IXC/40 submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXCs. The wreck of U-869 was discovered off the coast of New Jersey in 1991. It was commissioned on 26 January 1944 with Kapitänleutnant Hellmut Neuerburg in command. German submarine U-869 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the German Navy ( Kriegsmarine) during World War II, her keel was laid down 5 April 1943 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Weser of Bremen. Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Weser, Bremen ![]()
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