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A further
improved version of the IX A and IX B.
The largest number of produced boats of the type IX's.143 were built: U 66 - U 68, U 125 - U 131, U 153 - U 176,
U 183 - U 194, U 501 - U 550, U 801 - U 806, U 841 - U 846,
U 853 - U 858, U 865 - U 870, U 877 - U 881, U 889 - U 891
and U 1221 - U 1235.
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| Description: |
Long distance / Ocean
going / Conventional. |
| First launched: |
1940 |
| Complement, Off / Men |
4 / 44 |
| Displacement surf: |
1120 t |
| Displacement subm: |
1540 t |
| Length: |
76,4 m |
| Beam, max: |
6,8 m |
| Depth: |
4,7 m |
| Max speed surfaced: |
18,3 kt |
| Max speed submerged: |
7,3 kt |
| Radius surfaced: |
5000 sm at 18 kt
13450 sm at 10 kt |
| Radius submerged: |
63 sm at 4 kt |
| Max diving depth: |
200 m |
| Diving time,
stationary: |
? |
| Diving time, alarm
moving: |
35 sec |
| Oil fuel carried: |
208 t |
| Torpedo tubes, bow /
stern: |
4 / 2 |
| Nr of torpedoes /
mines: |
22 / 66 |
| Guns fitted: |
1. 37 mm AA with 2625
rds,
4. 20 mm AA with circa 8500 rds,
1. 105 mm deck gun with 180 rds.
(As type IX A). |
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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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