UB1 1940
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
UB (ex-Seal) | Chatham DYd, United Kingdom | 12.1936 | 27.9.1938 | 1.1939 // 11.1940 | stricken 7.1941 |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1810 / 2157 |
Length, m |
89.3 |
Breadth, m |
7.77 |
Draught, m |
5.13 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Admiralty diesels / 2 electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
3300 / 1630 |
Max speed, kts |
15.8 / 8.8 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 120 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 6500(10) / 64(4) |
Armament |
6 - 533 TT (bow, 12), 50 mines |
Electronic equipment | type 129 sonar |
Complement |
59 |
Diving depth operational, m | 60 |
Project history: Ex-British submarine Seal of Porpoise class, captured 5.5.1940 by Ar 196 from 1.B.Fl.Gr. 196 in Kattegat being damaged by a mine. 23.7.1940 she was renamed UB and commissioned 30.11.1940 by Kriegsmarine.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: UB was stricken 31.7.1941, wreck was scuttled 3.5.1945 at Kiel.
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