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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

SUBMARINES

UC1 coastal submarines (1929-1930/1940)

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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