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Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot Klasse

Series Tonnage appointment Year of entry into service Number built and in service Armament, max, speed surfaced / submerged Notes
I 800 tons, ocean (Atlantic) 1936 2 6 TA (torpedo), 14 torpedoes. One 105-mm gun. One 20-mm anti-aircraft gun. 18 / 8 knots. 43 people.
II 250 -300 tons, coastal action 1935-1940 50 3 bow TA. 5 torpedoes. One paired 20-mm anti-aircraft gun. 13 / 8 knots. 25 people. So-called "canoes."
VII 600 tons, ocean 1936-1937 10 4 bow and 1 stern TA. 12 torpedoes. One paired 20-mm anti-aircraft gun. 17 / 8 knots. 44 ???. 44 people. VII with a standard type of ocean submarine, which sank the basic tonnage allies.
VII-B 750 tons, ocean 1938-1942 25 25
VII-C 770 tons of ocean 1940-1945 659 659
VII-S/42,
VII-D,
VII-F 		All - 1000 tons 1941 -1943 12 As VI IC. 18 / 8 knots PL for different purposes - transportation, mine layers, etc.
IX 1 000 - 1 100 tonnes 1938-1945 155 4 bow, 2 stern TA. 19 torpedoes or 66 mines. One 37-mm anti-aircraft gun. Two 20-mm twin anti-aircraft guns. 18 / 7.3 knots. 48 people. There have been modifications of this series (IX B, C and D). Got the nickname "sea cow".
IX-D 1 600 tons, submarine 1942-1944 31 4 bow, 2 stern TA. 24 torpedoes. One 37-mm anti-aircraft gun. Two 20-mm twin anti-aircraft guns. 19 / 7 knots. 57 people. Used in further operations.
X-B 1 760 tons, minelayer 1941 -1943 8 2 stern TA. 30 mine shafts. 15 torpedoes. 66 min. One 37-mm anti-aircraft gun. Two 20-mm twin anti-aircraft guns. 17 / 7 knots. 52 people. Also used as a tanker.
XIV 1 700 tons, supply submarine 1941 -1943 10 One 37-mm anti-aircraft gun. Two 20-mm twin anti-aircraft guns. 15 / 6.2 knots. 53 people.
XXI 1 600 tons, with a high-capacity batteries 1944-1945 120 6 bow TA. 20 torpedoes. Two 30-mm twin anti-aircraft guns. 15,6 / 17 knots. 57 people. None of the submarines participated in combat operations.
XXIII 300 tons, with a high-capacity batteries 1944-1945 61 2 bow TA. 2 torpedoes. 9.75 / 12.5 knots. 14 people. 59 were built by the end of 1944, most of which came into operation. Some took part in operations in the British Isles in the last days of the war.
XXVI 850 tons of ocean, with the engines on hydrogen peroxide (submerged) 1 + 7 experimental submarine Walter 4 bow and 6 lateral TA. No guns. Range of progress on the main diesel engines on the surface at 10 knots 7 310 miles. Range in a submerged position in the turbines at 25 knots 273 miles. Max, speed on the surface 14,4 node submerged on batteries - 11 knots, the turbines -25 knots. 27 ???. 27 people. The contract for 100 of these submarines was posted May 26, 1944. The first two submarines scheduled for March 1945, and the whole series by October, but these plans were foiled by bombing, and before the war, none of the submarine had entered into force.
Total 1 150

TOTALS:

After Sept. 3, 1939 and on May 5, 1945 Germans U-boats sunk in different parts of a total of 2 603 Allied and neutral vessels, total tonnage of which (gross) was $ 13 570 000 tons. More than 90 percent of vessels sunk in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent areas (such as the Caribbean Sea). In addition, the submarines were the cause of the loss of 175 allied combat and auxiliary ships.

AND THEIR PRICE:

The total number of German submarines of all types, built and entered service prior to and during the Second World War amounted to 1 150, of whom 781 died, 215 were sunk by the Germans at the end of the war and 154 surrendered. The total number of submariners was about 40 000 people, of whom 28 000 were killed and about 5 000 were captured during the war.

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    • Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot Klasse

    series years of building number of boats, which entered the system Length displacement, tons armament maneuverability stored fuel, tons autonomy, twenty-four hours 1 crew notes
    torpedo mine, artillery speed of running range in the miles
    (with indicated speed)     		submersion depth, m time of submergence, s.
    above-water underwater torpedo tubes:
  • n nose;
  • s stern
    		• stored torpedoes number of torpedoes or mines carried number of guns and caliber quantity of ammunition above-water underwater in the above-water position in the underwater position
    submarines of small displacement
    IIA 1935 6 40.9 m
    ft     		258 303 3 n 533mm 6 12–18 1X20 850 13,0 6,9 2000 (8) 35(4) 50 60 11,6 14 25  
    IIB 1935–1940 20 42.7 m
    ft     		280 328 3 n 533mm 6 12–18 1X20 1000 13,0 7,0 3 800 (8) 43(4) 50 40 21,0  — 25  
    IIC 1938–1940 8 43.9 m
    ft     		291 341 3 n 533mm 6 12–18 1X20 1200 12,0 7,0 3 900 (8) 42(4) 50 40 22,7  — 25  
    IID 1940–1941 16 44.0 m
    ft     		314 364 3 n 533mm 6 12–18 1X20 1200 12,7 7,4 6600 (8) 56(4) 100 40 38,3 28 25  
    XXIII 1944–1945 63 34.7 m
    ft     		228 258 2 n 533mm 2       12,0 12,0 2800 (6) 33 (12) 100 40 18,3 10 14 With the installation "Shnorkhel"
    submarines of average displacement
    VII 1936–1937 10 64.5 m
    ft     		626 745 4 n 533mm
    1 s 533mm     		11 22–33 1X88; 1X20 200 1500 17,0 8,0 6800 (10) 90 (4) 100 50 67,0  — 44  
    VIIB 1938–1941 24 66.5 m
    ft     		704 857 4 n 533mm 14 26–39 1X88; 1X20 200 1500 17,2 8,0 9 400 (10) 90 (4) 100 45 108,3  — 44  
    VIIC 1940– 1944 671 67.1 m
    ft     		719 871 4 n 533mm
    1 s 533mm     		14 26–39 1X88; 1X20 200 1500 17,0 7,6 9400 (10) 90 (4) 100 45 118,5 35 44  
    submarines of large displacement
    IA 1936 21 72.4 m
    ft     		787 983 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		12 28–42 1x105; 1X20 150 2000 17,75 8,3 8 100 (10) 78 (4)  —  — 96,0  — 43  
    IX 1938–1939 8 76.6 m
    ft     		939 1153 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm    		 25 50–75 1x105; 1X37; 1X20 200 940 1500 18,2 7,7 11350 (10) 82 (4) 100 40 153,9  — 48 [321]  
    IXB 1939–1940 14 76.5 m
    ft     		952 1178 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		25 50–75 1X105, 1X37, 1X20 200, 940, 1500 18,2 7,3 12400 (10) 62 (4) 100 40 165,5  — 48  
    IXC 1941–1942 54 76.7 m
    ft     		983 1232 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		25 50–75 1X105, 1X37, 1X20 200, 940, 1500 18,2 7,3 16 330 (10) 63 (4) 100 40 208,5 50 48  
    IXC/40 1941–1944 91 76.7 m
    ft     		999 1257 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		25 50–75 1x105, 1X37 200, 940 18,3 7,3 16 800 (10) 63(4) 100 40 214,0  — 48  
    cruising Submarines
    XI [ 1937 ] [ 4 ] 115 m
    377 ft     		3,630 6,800 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		6  — 4x127
    2x37
    2x20    		 940
    4,000
    2,000
    		 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 100 did not enter service
    IXD1 1941–1942 2 87.6 m
    ft     		1365 1799 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		25 50–75 1x100, 1X37, 1x20 404, 1344 13,2 6,9 32000 (10) 63 (4) 100  — 389,0  — 57  
    IXD2 1941–1944 28 87.6 m
    ft     		1366 1804 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		25 5Ý -75 1x105, 1X37, 1x20 404, 1344 19,2 6,9 31600 (10) 63(4) 100  — 392,8  — 57  
    IXD42 1944 4 87.6 m
    ft     		1366 1804 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		25 50–75 1X105, 1X37, 1X20 404, 1344, 3000 15,2 6,9 31 600 (10) 63 (4) 100  — 392,8  — 57  
    XXI 1944–1945 126 76.7 m
    ft     		1610 1825 6 n 533mm 22   4X30 3456 15,0 1,7 15000 (10) 350(2,8) 200   258,0 100 57 With the installation of shnorkhel
    Underwater mine layers
    VIIÄ 1941–1942 6 64.5 m
    ft     		919 1080 4 n 533mm
    2 s 533mm     		6 26–39 1X88, 1X20 200, 1500 16,0 7,3 12600 (10) 69 (4)  —  — 169,4  — 44  
    XB 1941–1944 8 89.8 m
    ft     		1695 2177 2 n 533mm 2 70 1x105, 1x37, 1X20 315, 1000, 1500 16,4 7,0 21 000 (10) 93 (4)  —  — 368  — 52  
    cargo submarines
    XIV 1941–1943 10 67.1 m
    ft     		1688 1932  — 4  — 2X37, 1X30 2000, 3000 14,4 7,9 14500 (10) 55 (4)  —  — 198,8  — 53 5 tubes for the mines
    VII 1943 4 64.5 m
    ft     		1084 1181 44 n 533mm
    1 s 533mm    		 40  — 1X88, 1X20 205, 1500 16,9 7,9 12300 (10) 75 (4)  —  — 635,0  — 46 30 tubes for the mines
    steam-gas turbine Submarines
    XVII  —  — 39.1 m
    ft     		236 258 2 n 533mm 4  —  —  — 9,0 24,0 1 840 (9) 80 (24) 150  —  —  —  — system test
    XXVI  —  — 58.0 m
    ft     		852 1060 4 n 533mm
    6 s 533mm     		10  —    — 12,4 24,4  — 146 (24) 160  — 71,4 90 33 did not enter service
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