| This type
was to become the first real, full scale, modern, atlantic going submarine. With Walter
engines, submerged speed was no less than 24 knots!!! Two were ordered in January 1943 but
were both cancelled 1944 in favour of the upcoming type XXI. None were built.
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| Description: |
Sea/Ocean going |
| First launched: |
x |
| Complement, Off / Men |
4 / 47 |
| Displacement surf: |
1485 t |
| Displacement subm: |
1885 t |
| Length: |
71,5 m |
| Beam, max: |
8,0 m |
| Depth: |
6,4 m |
| Max speed surfaced: |
18,5 kt |
| Max speed submerged: |
24,0 kt |
| Radius surfaced: |
3000 sm at 17 kt
7000 sm at 10 kt |
| Radius submerged: |
200 sm at 24 kt
350 sm at 16 kt |
| Max diving depth: |
? |
| Diving time,
stationary: |
? |
| Diving time, alarm
moving: |
? |
| Oil fuel carried: |
? |
| Torpedo tubes, bow /
stern: |
6 / 0 |
| Nr of torpedoes /
mines: |
circa 24 / 0 |
| Guns fitted: |
2. 30 mm AA with 4180
rds. |
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Off = Officers, surf = surfaced, subm = submerged,
max = maximum, Nr = number, t = tons, m = metres, mm = millimetres,
kt = knots, sm = sea miles, sec = seconds, AA = Anti Aircraft, rds = rounds
+ = more than, - = less than, x = No/none, ? = unknown
Please note that some figures are to be considered approximate.
Main sourse for The Boats Section is the excellent book "U-boats
under the Swastika" by J.P. Mallman Showell, ISBN: 0 7110 0379 3. |
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