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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

SUBMARINES

KYA submarines (1944/1948)

Kya 1948

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kya (ex-U926) S307   Neptunwerft, Rostock, Germany 7.1942 28.12.1943 2/1944 // 10.1948 stricken 3.1964
Kinn (ex-U1202) S308   Schichau, Danzig, Germany 4.1943 11.11.1943 1.1944 // 10.1948 stricken 6.1961

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

769 / 1070

Length, m

67.1

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

4.74

No of shafts

2

Machinery

S307: 2 Germania diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

S308: 2 Germania diesels / 2 AEG 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 FuMO 30 or FuMO 61 radar, GHG, Balkon-Gerät hydrophones, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites

Complement

44 - 56

Diving depth operational, m 100

Project history: Former German VIIC type submarines, transferred by reparations.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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