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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

SUBMARINES

"XVIIG" type coastal submarines

nearly sister-ship U1405 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
U1081   720 Germaniawerft, Kiel 1943 --- --- cancelled autumn 1943
U1082   721 Germaniawerft, Kiel 1943 --- --- cancelled autumn 1943

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

308 / 340

Length, m

39.5

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

4.72

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Deutz diesel / 1 Germaniawerft-Walter geared hydrogen peroxide steam-gas turbine / 1 AEG electric motor

Power, h. p.

210 - 230 / 2500 / 77

Max speed, kts

8.5 - 8.8 / 25 / 5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 22 + Walter fuel 39

Endurance, nm(kts) 2850(8.8) / 84(25) or 50(2)

Armament

2 - 533 TT (short) (bow, 4)

Electronic equipment FuMO 30 radar, GHG hydrophone, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites

Complement

19

Diving depth operational, m 80

Project history: Variant of XVII series in most features repeated XVIIB design. Both submarines were cancelled in favor of building of more conventional XXI series submarines.

 

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