UC1 1940
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
UC1 (ex-B5) | 116 | Marinens Hovedverft Horten, Norway | 1925 | 17.6.1929 | 10.1929 // 11.1940 | fire 2.12.1941, never repaired | |
UC2 (ex-B6) | 117 | Marinens Hovedverft Horten, Norway | 1925 | 24.9.1929 | 5/1930 // 11.1940 | stricken 9.1943 |
Displacement standard, t |
420 / |
Displacement normal, t |
427 / 554 |
Length, m |
51.0 |
Breadth, m |
5.33 |
Draught, m |
3.50 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Sulzer diesel-generators / 2 GE electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
900 / 700 |
Max speed, kts |
14 / 11 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 19 |
Armament |
4 - 450 TT (bow, 6) |
Complement |
23 |
Diving depth operational, m | 50 |
Project history: Former Norwegian submarines B5 and B6. Former was captured by German troops 9.4.1940 at Kristiansand and latter 18.5.1940 at Florø.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: UC1 was damaged 20.12.1941 at Kiel by a fire and stricken 4.1.1942. UC2 was stricken 26.9.1943 and late 1943 was sunk at Bergen as result of sabotage.
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