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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
○3潜水艦 [O3] (ex-U55)		237	Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany	1914	18.3.1916	6.1916 // 11.1918	BU 1922

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	715 / 902
Length, m	65.2
Breadth, m	6.44
Draught, m	3.64
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN diesels / 2 SSW electric motors
Power, h. p.	2400 / 1200
Max speed, kts	17.1 / 9.1
Fuel, t	diesel oil 103
Endurance, nm(kts)	9400(8) / 55(5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 4 - 500 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8)
Complement	36
Diving depth operational, m	50

Project history

German submarine, transferred to Japan after World War I.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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