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| The C
version of type II was the result of further development of the II A and II B. The type II
C carried even more diesel fuel - further improving the operational radius. It had faster
diving time, improved electrical motors, etc. 8
were built: U 56 - U 63.
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| Description: |
Coastal / Conventional |
| First launched: |
1938 |
| Complement, Off / Men |
3 / 22 |
| Displacement surf: |
291 t |
| Displacement subm: |
435 t |
| Length: |
43,9 m |
| Beam, max: |
4,1 m |
| Depth: |
3,8 m |
| Max speed surfaced: |
12,0 kt |
| Max speed submerged: |
7,0 kt |
| Radius surfaced: |
1900 sm at 12 kt
3800 sm at 8 kt |
| Radius submerged: |
43 sm at 4 kt |
| Max diving depth: |
150 m |
| Diving time,
stationary: |
25 sec (to come to 10
m) |
| Diving time, alarm
moving: |
-25 sec |
| Oil fuel carried: |
23 t |
| Torpedo tubes, bow /
stern: |
3 / 0 |
| Nr of torpedoes /
mines: |
5 / 18 |
| Guns fitted: |
None or 1 or 2, 20 mm
AA with 850 rds. After 1940: 4. 20 mm AA.
(As type II A and II B). |
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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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