German submarine U-951 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 10 April 1941, and was laid down on 31 January 1942 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 151. She was launched on 14 October 1942 and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Kurt Pressel on 3 December 1942. Design German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-951 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. RP 137/c double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . U-951 was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA mines, one SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and one twin C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between 44 — 52 men. Service history On 7 July 1943, U-951 was sunk by depth charges, north-west of Cape St. Vincent in the North Atlantic, from a US B-24 Liberator of 1st A/S Squadron/K USAAF. Her crew of 46 were all lost. The wreck is located at . Wolfpacks U-951 took part in three wolfpacks, namely: Trutz (1 – 16 June 1943) Trutz 2 (16 – 29 June 1943) Geier 2 (30 June – 7 July 1943) References Bibliography External links German Type VIIC submarines U-boats commissioned in 1942 World War II submarines of Germany Ships built in Hamburg 1942 ships Maritime incidents in July 1943 World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean