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SUBMARINES

KAURA submarine (1943/1948)

Kaura 1948

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kaura (ex-U995) S309   Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany 11.1942 22.7.1943 9.1943 // 10.1948 stricken 1.1963

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

769 / 1070

Length, m

67.2

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

4.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Germania diesels / 2 BBC electric motors

Power, h. p.

2800 - 3200 / 750

Max speed, kts

17 - 17.7 / 7.6

Fuel, t

diesel oil 114

Endurance, nm(kts) 8500(10) / 80(4)

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 stern, 14 or 36 mines)

Electronic equipment

44

Complement

FuMO 30 or FuMO 61 radar, GHG, Balkon-Gerät hydrophones, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites

Diving depth operational, m 120

Project history: Former German VIIC/41 type submarine, transferred by reparations.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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