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U24 1914

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U23		177	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1911	12.4.1913	9.1913	sunk 20.7.1915
U24		178	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1911	24.5.1913	12.1913	to United Kingdom 11.1918
U25		179	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1911	12.7.1913	5.1914	to France 2.1919
U26		180	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1911	16.10.1913	5.1914	sunk 9.1915

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	669 / 864
Length, m	64.7
Breadth, m	6.32
Draught, m	3.45
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Germania diesels / 2 SSW electric motors
Power, h. p.	1800 / 1200
Max speed, kts	16.7 / 10.3
Fuel, t	diesel oil 85
Endurance, nm(kts)	7620(8) / 85(5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 4 - 500 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 6)
Complement	35
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

Medium coastal submarines. Double-hulled.

Modernizations 10.

1914, U25, 1915, U23, 24, 26: - 1 x 1 - 7.9/79; + 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08

1916, U25: + 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08

1917, U25: - 1 x 1 - 88/27

late 1918, U24, 25: - 1 x 1 - 88/27; + 1 x 1 - 105/43 TK L/45 C/16

Naval service

U23 was sunk by British submarine C27 and decoy ship Princess Marie José 20.7.1915 in the North Sea. U26 was lost on mines in early September, 1915 in the Baltic Sea.