PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
IIB series
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| i | 268 | Flenderwerft, Lübeck, Germany | 3.1938 | 16.3.1940 | 4.1940 // --- | completed for Germany (U120) | |
| ii | 269 | Flenderwerft, Lübeck, Germany | 4.1938 | 20.4.1940 | 5.1940 // --- | completed for Germany (U121) |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
279 / 328 |
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Length, m |
42.7 |
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Breadth, m |
4.08 |
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Draught, m |
3.90 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MWM diesels / 2 SSW electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
700 / 360 |
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Max speed, kts |
13 / 6.9 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 21 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3100(8) / 35 - 43(4) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 3 - 533 TT (bow, 5 or 18 mines) |
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Complement |
22 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 80 |
Project history: 28.8.1937 Chinese government
with intermediary of HARPO has signed with Flender Werke (Lübeck) contract on
building of 5 submarines: two small of German IIB
series and three medium close to German boats of
VIIA series. Both small submarines were laid down 31.3.1938 and 16.4.1938 respectively, but in September, 1939 were requisitioned and in 1940
completed for Kriegsmarine as U120 and U121. Building of three
medium submarines (building numbers 270-272) did not begin, but prepared
constructions and materials for No270 were used for building of U83 of VIIB
series.
On one of sources, boats with numbers 271 and 272 for China should be not medium
but small submarines of specialized project 257 (255t
surfaced).
© Ivan Gogin, 2011-14