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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

SUBMARINES

KOBBEN submarine (1962)

Kobben 1962

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kobben (ex-U3) S310   Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany 12.10.1960 7.5.1962 10.7.1962 to West Germany 6.1964 (U3)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

419 / 455

Length, m

43.3 pp 44.0 oa

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

4.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 Mercedes-Benz diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

1200 / 1500

Max speed, kts

10 / 17.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 3800(10)

Armament

8 - 533 TT (bow, 8)

Electronic equipment Calypso radar, SRS M1H sonar, Mk 8 CCS

Complement

21
Diving depth operational, m

80

Project history: Former German type 201 submarine, transferred temporarily for crew training for builded Kobben class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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