Ula-class submarine

For other submarines, see HNoMS Ula. "HNoMS Ula (S300)" redirects here; for another boat, see HNoMS Ula (1943).
Ula-class submarines
Class overview
NameUla class
Operators Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded byKobben class
Succeeded byU212CD class
Built1987–1992 (in Germany)
In commissionApril 1989[1] – present
Completed6
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
  • Surface: 1,040 tons
  • Submerged: 1,150 tons
Length59 m (193 ft 7 in)
Beam5.40 m (17 ft 9 in)
Draft4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric
  • 2 MTU 16V 396 diesel engines (970kW each)
  • 1 propeller. 1 Siemens Permasyn "silent" electric motor 2,200 kW (3,000 hp).[2]
Speed
  • Surface: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
  • Submerged: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Test depth200 m (656 ft)+[2]
Complement21[3]
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
NotesUnit cost: 700,000,000 NOK;[1]
Utstein participating in the exercise Odin-One in August 2003
An Ula-class submarine near Bornholm Island, Baltic Sea in March 2007

The Ula class is a Norwegian submarine type which was assembled in Germany in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The class, consisting of six vessels, is currently the only submarine type in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy.

  1. ^ a b Hvem Hva Hvor 1990 (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 1989. ISBN 82-516-1267-5.
  2. ^ a b "Ula (Type P6071)". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Ula Class Submarines, Norway". naval-technology.com. Retrieved 31 May 2015.