Class of German submarines
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Class overview |
Builders | AG Vulkan, Hamburg; Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Operators | Imperial German Navy |
Preceded by | Type U 66 |
Succeeded by | Type U 81 |
Completed | 10 |
Lost | 7 |
General characteristics |
Displacement | |
Length |
- 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) (o/a)[1]
- 46.66 m (153 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)[2]
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Beam |
- 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) (o/a)[1]
- 5 m (16 ft 5 in) (pressure hull)[2]
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Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)[2] |
Draught | 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)[1] |
Propulsion |
- 900 hp (670 kW) surfaced
- 660 kW (890 hp) submerged[1]
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Speed |
- 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph) surfaced
- 7.9 knots (14.6 km/h; 9.1 mph) submerged[1]
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Range |
- 7,880 nmi (14,590 km; 9,070 mi) at 7 kn surfaced
- 83 nmi (154 km; 96 mi) at 4 kn submerged
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Complement | 32 men[1] |
Armament | |
The German Type UE I submarine was an ocean-going single-hull submarine with saddle tanks built by AG Vulkan in Hamburg and Kaiserliche Werft Danzig. The Type UE I was equipped with two six-cylinder Benz engines for 900 horsepower (670 kW) for a surface top speed of 9.6 knots (17.8 km/h; 11.0 mph) to 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph). Armed with a single torpedo tube forward and aft, plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun (U-72 received a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 gun in 1917), its main weapon were the 38 mines in two minelaying tubes. The boats were crewed by four officers and 28 men for a complement of 32.[1]
List of Type UE I submarines[1]
Boat
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Fate
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U-71
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surrendered 1919, scrapped
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U-72
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scuttled 1 November 1918 at Cattaro
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U-73
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scuttled 30 October 1918 off Pula
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U-74
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sunk 27 May 1916 in the North Sea
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U-75
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sunk by mine 13 December 1917 in the North Sea
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U-76
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sunk 27 January 1917 in the Arctic Ocean
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U-77
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lost after 5 July 1916 in the North Sea
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U-78
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sunk 28 October 1918 in the North Sea
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U-79
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surrendered November 1918, became French submarine Victor Reveille, scrapped 1935
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U-80
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surrendered January 1919, scrapped
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