NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U1	S180		Howaldtswerke, Kiel	8.6.1960	21.10.1961	20.3.1962	stricken 6.1963
U2	S181		Howaldtswerke, Kiel	1.9.1960	25.1.1962	3.5.1962	stricken 8.1963
U3 (ex-Kobben)	S182		Howaldtswerke, Kiel	12.10.1960	7.5.1962	10.7.1962 // 20.6.1964	stricken 9.1967

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	395 / 433
Length, m	42.4 wl 43.5 oa
Breadth, m	4.60
Draught, m	4.00
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 MTU 12V493AZ diesel-generators, 1 Siemens electric motor
Power, h. p.	1200 / 1500
Max speed, kts	10 / 17.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3800(10) / 270(3)
Armament	8 - 533 TT (bow, 8)
Electronic equipment	presumably Calypso radar, SRS M1H sonar, Mk 8 CCS
Complement	21
Diving depth operational, m	150

Project history Originally consisting of twelve boats, this class of coastal submarines belonged

Originally consisting of twelve boats, this class of coastal submarines belonged to the Type 201 and was first designed as 'U-Boot 55' by IKL. The boats were to be section-built and were ordered in March 1959. In November 1958 it was decided that the hulls should be non-magnetic, but the material used quickly showed corrosive defects. In June 1962 U1 showed the first signs of structural weakness which quickly increased so that U1 and U2 had to be decommissioned. Later they were entirely rebuilt as Type 205 submarines.

boat, as Norway wanted to have fifteen boats of this type. Norway's coastal waters had no corrosive effect on the hull. In June 1964 the boat was handed

boat, as Norway wanted to have fifteen boats of this type. Norway's coastal waters had no corrosive effect on the hull. In June 1964 the boat was handed back to Germany and was commissioned as a training boat.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.