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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

SUBMARINES

"XVIIK" type coastal submarine

nearly sister-ship U1405 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
U798   787 Germaniawerft, Kiel 4.1944 --- --- BU incomplete 1945

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

308 / 340

Length, m

40.7

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

4.90

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Daimler-Benz diesel with AIP / 1 AEG crouching electric motor

Power, h. p.

1500 / 12

Max speed, kts

14 / 16 (diesel) / 2 (electric motor)

Fuel, t

diesel oil 23 + oxidant (liquid oxygen) 9

Armament

none

Electronic equipment GHG hydrophone

Complement

19

Diving depth operational, m 80

Project history: Experimental submarine intended to test AIP propulsion machinery. 16 pressure tanks in II and III compartments consisted 9.2t of liquid oxygen. Submarine was experimental and never been planned for receiving armament but carried "U" number.

 

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