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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U52		658	Linz / UBAG, Fiume	1918?	---	---	BU incomplete
U53		659	Linz / UBAG, Fiume	1918?	---	---	BU incomplete

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	849 / 1200
Length, m	76.0
Breadth, m	7.00
Draught, m	3.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	2400 / 1480
Max speed, kts	15.7 / 9
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10) / 100(2.5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/32 G. L/35 BAG, 6 - 450 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 9)
Complement	40
Diving depth operational, m	50

Standard scale images

Project history

This design was the winner of a competition between the submarine yard of Stabilimento Tecnico, the newly named Austriawerft, and UBAG. The A 6 type designation indicates that the previous projects A 1-A 5 were rejected. U52 was about 25% complete at the end of the war, U53 about 10%; both were broken up in 1919. Sisterboats U54 and U55 were never laid down.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.