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| "Biber"
(Eng: Beaver), another small, one man sub built at the end of the war. Click here and click here for colour images of
Biber 90 (in new window), today at Imperial War Museum. About 325 were built.
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| Description: |
Midget U-boat |
| First launched: |
1944 (?) |
| Complement, Off / Men |
1 |
| Displacement surf: |
circa 7,0 t |
| Displacement subm: |
? |
| Length: |
9,0 m |
| Beam, max: |
1,1 m |
| Depth: |
1,7 m |
| Max speed surfaced: |
10 kt |
| Max speed submerged: |
6 kt |
| Radius surfaced: |
150 sm at 9 kt (Radius
of action) |
| Radius submerged: |
15 sm at 5 kt (Radius
of action) |
| Max diving depth: |
50 m |
| Diving time,
stationary: |
? |
| Diving time, alarm
moving: |
? |
| Oil fuel carried: |
? |
| Torpedo tubes, bow /
stern: |
x |
| Nr of torpedoes /
mines: |
2 / 0 |
| Guns fitted: |
x |
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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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