HNoMS B-5

Norwegian submarine B-4 which looked identical to her sister ship B-5
History
Norway
NameHNoMS B-5
BuilderHorten Navy Yard, Oslo
Yard number116
Laid downDecember 1925
Launched17 June 1929
Commissioned1 October 1929
FateCaptured at Kristiansand on 9 April 1940 and enlisted in the Kriegsmarine
Service record as HNoMS B-5
Part of:
  • First Naval Defense District, Second Submarine Division
  • 1 October 1929 – 9 April 1940
Commanders:
  • Kommandør Y. Brekke
  • 1 October 1929 – 9 April 1940
Operations: None
Victories: None
Nazi Germany
NameUC-1
Acquired9 April 1940
Commissioned20 November 1940[1]
Decommissioned28 March 1942
FateBroken up in 1942
Service record as UC-1[1]
Part of:
Identification codes: M 10 850
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. / K.Kapt. Wilhelm Kiesewetter[2]
  • 20 November 1940 – May 1941
  • Kptlt. Georg Lange[3]
  • May – 14 October 1941
  • Oblt.z.S. Otto Wollschläger[4]
  • 15 October – 16 November 1941
  • Kptlt. Georg Lange[3]
  • 17 November 1941 – 28 March 1942
  • Lt.z.S. Karl Brockmann (acting)[5]
  • December 1941 – 28 March 1942
Operations: None
Victories: None
General characteristics
TypeNorwegian B-class submarine Submarine
Displacement
  • 365 t (359 long tons) surfaced
  • 545 t (536 long tons) submerged
Length51 m (167 ft)
Beam5.3 m (17 ft)
Draught3.5 m (11 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Sulzer 900 shp (670 kW) diesel engines
  • 2 × 700 shp (520 kW) electric engines
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.9 knots (16.5 km/h) submerged
Range
  • 2,900 nmi (5,400 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h) surfaced
  • 150 nmi (280 km) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h) submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement23
Armament
  • 2 × 45.6 cm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes (bow)
  • 2 × 45.6 cm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes (stern)
  • 1 × 76 mm (3.0 in) L.28 Bofors gun
  • 2 x Reserve torpedoes (4 in total)
NotesCarried 21 tons of diesel fuel

HNoMS B-5 was a Norwegian B-class submarine which was captured by an E-boat of the Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during Operation Weserübung on 9 April 1940 at Kristiansand, Norway. After which she was renamed UC-1 and used as a school boat for the Kriegsmarine before she was deemed unsuited for reserve training and was broken up in 1942.[6]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ESM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wilhelm Kiesewetter". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "Georg Lange". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Otto Wollschläger". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Karl Brockmann". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ "HNoMS B-5". uboat.net. 1995. Retrieved 17 June 2020.