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SUBMARINES

U52 submarines

U52

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
U52   658 Linz / UBAG, Fiume 1918? --- --- BU incomplete
U53   659 Linz / UBAG, Fiume 1918? --- --- BU incomplete

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

849 / 1200

Length, m

76.0

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

3.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

2400 / 1480

Max speed, kts

15.7 / 9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(10) / 100(2.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 100/32 G. L/35 BAG, 6 - 450 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 9)

Complement

40

Diving depth operational, m

50

Project history: This design was the winner of a competition between the submarine yard of Stabilimento Tecnico, the newly named Austriawerft, and UBAG. The A 6 type designation indicates that the previous projects A 1-A 5 were rejected. U52 was about 25% complete at the end of the war, U53 about 10%; both were broken up in 1919. Sisterboats U54 and U55 were never laid down.

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2014