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K-U-K MARINE - AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY)

SUBMARINES

U48 submarines

similar U52

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
U48   85 CNT, Monfalcone 11/1916 --- --- BU incomplete
U49   86 CNT, Monfalcone 12/1916 --- --- BU incomplete

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

818 / 1184

Length, m

73.3

Breadth, m

6.70

Draught, m

3.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

2400 / 1200

Max speed, kts

16.2 / 8.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(10) / 100(2.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 90/32 G. L/35 BAG, 6 - 450 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 9)

Complement

32

Diving depth operational, m

50

Project history: Built by CNT Pola using a German AG Weser design, none was ever launched. U48 was 70% complete, and U49 55% complete at the end of the war; all were broken up in 1920. Sisterboats U58 and U59 were never laid down.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014