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KNERTER submarine (1945/1948)

Knerter 1948

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Knerter (ex-U4706) S310   Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany 11.1944 19.1.1945 2.1945 // 10.1948 stricken 1953

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

234 / 258

Length, m

34.7

Breadth, m

3.02

Draught, m

3.66

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 MWM diesel / 1 AEG electric motor / 1 BBC crouching electric motor

Power, h. p.

575 - 630 / 580 / 35

Max speed, kts

9.7 / 12.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 20

Endurance, nm(kts) 4450(6) / 194(4)

Armament

2 - 533 TT (bow, 2)

Electronic equipment FuMO 61 radar, GHG, Balkon-Gerät hydrohones, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites

Complement

14
Diving depth operational, m

80

Project history: Former German XXIII type submarine, transferred by reparations.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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