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SUBMARINES

U117 submarine cruisers - minelayers (1918)

U117 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
U117   91 Vulcan, Hamburg 1916 10.12.1917 3.1918 to USA 11.1918
U118   92 Vulcan, Hamburg 1916 23.2.1918 5.1918 to France 2.1919
U119   93 Vulcan, Hamburg 1916 4.4.1918 6.1918 to France 11.1918 (René Audry)
U120   94 Vulcan, Hamburg 1916 20.6.1918 8.1918 to Italy 11.1918
U121   95 Vulcan, Hamburg 1916 20.9.1918 --- // 3.1919 completed for France 3.1919
U122   299 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1916 9.12.1917 5.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918
U123   300 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1916 26.1.1918 7.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918
U124   301 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1916 28.3.1918 7.1918 interned 13.11.1918 by Sweden, to United Kingdom 12.1918
U125   302 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1916 26.5.1918 9.1918 to Japan 11.1918 (○1潜水艦 [O1])
U126   303 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1916 16.6.1918 10.1918 to United Kingdom 11.1918

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

U117 - 121: 1164 / 1512

U122 - 126: 1163 / 1468

Length, m

U117 - 121: 81.5

U122 - 126: 82.0

Breadth, m

7.42

Draught, m

4.22

No of shafts

2

Machinery

U117 - 121: 2 MAN diesels / 2 Brown Boveri electric motors

U122 - 126: 2 MAN / Blohm & Voss diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

Power, h. p.

U117 - 121: 2400 / 1200

U122 - 126: 2400 / 1235

Max speed, kts

U117 - 121: 14.7 / 7

U122 - 126: 14.7 / 7.2

Fuel, t

U117 - 121: diesel oil 217

U122 - 126: diesel oil 191

Endurance, nm(kts)

U117 - 121: 13900(8) / 35(4.5)

U122 - 126: 11470(8) / 35(4.5)

Armament

U117: 1 x 1 - 149/42 TK L/45 C/16, 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 4 - 500 TT (bow, 14), 42 mines

U118 - 122, 124 - 126: 1 x 1 - 149/42 TK L/45 C/16, 4 - 500 TT (bow, 14), 42 mines

U123: 2 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16, 4 - 500 TT (bow, 14), 42 mines

Complement

40

Diving depth operational, m

75

Project history: War order L. Double-hulled. They had a diving time of 30 seconds. UE II type ocean minelayers ('Project 45'). Instead of 2 spare torpedoes submarines can receive 30 mines on the deck.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

U122 1918

© Ivan Gogin, 2014