home

fighting ships of the world

KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

SUBMARINES

U158 submarines

similar U115

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
U158   47 KW Danzig 1917 16.4.1918 --- BU on the stocks 1919
U159   48 KW Danzig 1917 25.5.1918 --- BU on the stocks 1919

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

811 / 1034

Length, m

71.2

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

3.94

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

Power, h. p.

2400 / 1200

Max speed, kts

16 / 9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 145

Endurance, nm(kts)

12370(8) / 55(5)

Armament

1 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16, 6 - 500 TT (4 bow, 2 ster, 12 - 16)

Complement

39

Diving depth operational, m

50

Project history: War order R. Double-hulled. They had a diving time of 35 seconds. Improved 'Project 43' (U115) type boats (themselves known as 'Project 25') of greatly enlarged radius of action, built by Danzig N Yd; they were very nearly finished by the end of the war, but broken up in situ.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014