Type 201 class Submarine German Navy

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Type 201 class Submarine

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Units:

UNIT	laid down	launched	commissioned	decommissioned	fate
S 180 FGS U1	June 8, 1960	October 2, 1961	March 20, 1962	June 22, 1963	scrapped
S 181 FGS U2	September 1, 1960	January 25, 1962	May 3, 1962	August 15, 1963	scrapped
S 182 FGS U3	October 12, 1960	May 7, 1962	June 20, 1964	September 15, 1967	sunk in trials 1971 scrapped
S 183 FGS U4		not completed	>>	>>	built as Type 205 class U4

Specifications:

Builder:
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel, Germany

Displacement: 395 tonnes surfaced, 433 tonnes submerged
Length: 42,4 meters (139 feet 1 inch)
Beam: 4,6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Draft: 3,8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Depth: 100+ meters (test depth)
Crew: 21
Speed: 17.5 knots (32,4 km/h) submerged, 10.7 knots (19,8 km/h) surfaced

Range:
3800 nautical miles (7000 km) surfaced
270 NM (500 km) at 3 knots (5,6 km/h) submerged

Propulsion:
1 x diesel-generator (880 kW / 1180 hp)
1 x electric motor (1100 kW / 1500 hp)
1 shaft / 1 propeller

Armament:
8 x 21-inches / 533 mm torpedo tubes for 8 x heavy weight torpedoes (no reload) or 16 naval mines

Systems:
sonar, radar, periscope

The Type 201 was Germany's first class of military submarines built after World War II. They were built out of amagnetic steel to counter the threat of magnetic naval mines, but the material had been insufficiently tested and proved to be problematic in service with the Bundesmarine. Microscopic cracks in the pressure hull forced the cancellation of 9 of the 12 ordered submarines and the early retirement of the three completed boats. They were replaced by the very similar Type 205 submarines, which were constructed with normal steel.

All units were built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel, Germany.

U3 was loaned to the Royal Norwegian Navy and served under the name KNM Kobben (S 310) from 1962 to 1964 before being commissioned in the German Navy.

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