U19 1915
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| U19 | 13 | KW Danzig | 1910 | 10.10.1912 | 7.1913 | to United Kingdom 11.1918 | |
| U20 | 14 | KW Danzig | 1910 | 18.12.1912 | 8.1913 | wrecked 5.11.1916 | |
| U21 | 15 | KW Danzig | 1910 | 8.2.1913 | 10.1913 | Austrian flag 1915 - 1917 (U36), lost 22.2.1919 | |
| U22 | 16 | KW Danzig | 1910 | 6.3.1913 | 11.1913 | to United Kingdom 12.1918 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
650 / 837 |
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Length, m |
64.2 |
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Breadth, m |
6.10 |
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Draught, m |
3.58 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MAN diesels / 2 AEG electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
1700 / 1200 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.4 / 9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 76 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7600(8) / 80(5) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 4 - 500 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 6) |
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Complement |
35 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 50 |
Project history: Medium coastal submarines. Double-hulled. First diesel-powered German submarines and first armed with 50cm torpedoes.
Modernizations: late 1914, U21, 22, 1915, U19, 20: - 1 x 1 - 7.9/79; + 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08
1916, all: + 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08
1917, U19: - 2 x 1 - 88/27; + 1 x 1 - 105/43 TK L/45 C/16
1917, U22: - 1 x 1 - 88/27
Naval service: U20 wrecked 5.11.1916 at Jutland coast. U21 temporary was transferred to Austro-Hungarian Navy as U36 and based at Pola. She was lost by unknown cause on transfer route in the North Sea 22.2.1919.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014