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Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
2 boats (Yard No 244,...)	196 Yd (Sudomekh), Leningrad: 2 boats	1948: Yard No 244	incomplete: 1 boat	none	early 1950s: Yard No 244

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Names 2 boats (Yard No 244, ...)

Builders

196 Yd (Sudomekh), Leningrad: 2 boats

Commissioned

1948: Yard No 244

Losses

incomplete: 1 boat

Transfers

none

Discarding early 1950s: Yard No 244

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	14.9 / 17
Length, m	11.9
Breadth, m	1.68
Draught, m	1.52
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 Büssing-NAG diesel / 1 AEG electric motor
Power, h. p.	60 / 25
Max speed, kts	7.7 / 6
Fuel, t	diesel oil - 0.5
Endurance, nm(kts)	300(7) / 63(3)
Armament	2 - 533 TT (side-drop collars, 2)
Complement	2
Diving depth operational, m	50

Project history

Most effective of German midget submarines. They were equipped with automobile diesel for surface propulsion and thanks to what possessed a significant endurance. A diving depth was up to 50m, minimal diving time was 5sec; seaworthiness was up to 4 by Beaufort. Boats of this type were arranged from three completely ready sections. Two incomplete boats and some assembling sets were carried to 196 Yd in Leningrad, one submarine was completed and a little time used for tests.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.