Kobben 1970
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Kaura | S315 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 19.5.1964 | 16.10.1964 | 5.2.1965 | to Denmark 10.1991 (spares) | |
Kinn | S316 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 1963 | 30.11.1963 | 8.4.1964 | stricken 1982 | |
Kya | S317 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 26.5.1963 | 20.2.1964 | 15.6.1964 | to Denmark 1991 (Springeren) | |
Kobben | S318 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 9.12.1963 | 25.4.1964 | 17.8.1964 | for disposal 6.1999, to Poland (spares) | |
Kunna | S319 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 3.3.1964 | 16.7.1964 | 1.10.1964 | stricken end 2001, to Poland (Kondor) | |
Ula, 1988- Kinn | S300, 1988- S316 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 21.8.1964 | 19.12.1964 | 7.5.1965 | stricken 5.1991 | |
Utsira | S301 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 31.10.1964 | 11.3.1965 | 1.7.1965 | stricken end 1991 | |
Utstein | S302 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 8.1.1965 | 19.5.1965 | 9.9.1965 | stricken end 1991 | |
Utvær | S303 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 24.3.1965 | 30.6.1965 | 1.12.1965 | to Denmark 1989 (Tumleren) | |
Uthaug | S304 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 31.5.1965 | 8.10.1965 | 16.2.1966 | to Denmark 1990 (Sælen) | |
Sklinna | S305, 1988- S314 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 17.8.1965 | 21.1.1966 | 17.8.1966 | for disposal 6.1999 | |
Skolpen | S306 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 1.11.1965 | 24.3.1966 | 17.8.1966 | stricken end 2001, to Poland (Sęp) | |
Stadt | S307 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 1.2.1966 | 10.6.1966 | 15.11.1966 | grounded spring 1987, BU | |
Stord | S308 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 1.4.1966 | 2.9.1966 | 9.2.1967 | stricken end 2001, to Poland (Sokół) | |
Svenner | S309 | Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany | 8.9.1966 | 27.1.1967 | 1.7.1967 | stricken end 2001, to Poland (Bielik) |
Displacement standard, t |
370 |
Displacement normal, t |
435 / 482 S309: 449 / 496 |
Length, m |
45.4 S309: 46.4 |
Breadth, m |
4.60 |
Draught, m |
4.30 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
2 Maybach-Mercedes-Benz MB820 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor |
Power, h. p. |
1200 / 1700 |
Max speed, kts |
13.5 / 17 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(8) snorkel / 141(6) |
Armament |
8 - 533 TT (bow, 8) |
Electronic equipment | Calypso II radar, Krupp-Atlas sonar, ECM suite, MSI-70U CCS |
Complement |
17 |
Diving depth operational, m | 190 |
Project history: Voted July 1959 under a five-year programme, with half the cost being paid by United States. Based on the German Type 207, but with a stronger hull for deeper diving, and revised equipment. They can fire the US Mk 37 and Bofors Tp 61 wire-guided torpedoes. Svenner, equipped for officer training, has a second periscope and was 1m longer.
Modernizations: 1.1989, Sklinna; 10.1989, Skolpen; 10.1990, Stord; 5.1991, Kobben; 12.1991, Kunna; 10.1993, Svenner: lengthened (469/524t (Svenner 483/538t), 47.4m oa (Svenner 48.4m oa); electronic equipment consisted of Type 1007 radar, CSU-83 sonar, AR700 ECM suite, MSI-90U CCS; submarines can fire DM-2A3 torpedoes.
Naval service: Stadt grounded in spring 1987 and was stricken beyond repair.
Skolpen 1979
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