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U35 1916

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U31		191	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	7.1.1914	9.1914	lost 1.1915
U32		192	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	28.1.1914	9.1914	Austrian flag 1916 (U37), sunk 8.5.1918
U33		193	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	19.5.1914	9.1914	Austrian flag 1915 (U33), to United Kingdom 1.1919
U34		194	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	9.5.1914	10.1914	Austrian flag 1915 (U34), lost 10.1918
U35		195	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	18.4.1914	11.1914	Austrian flag 1915 (U35), to United Kingdom 11.1918
U36		196	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	6.6.1914	11.1914	sunk 24.7.1915
U37		197	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	25.8.1914	12.1914	sunk 1.4.1915
U38		198	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	9.9.1914	12.1914	Austrian flag 1915 (U38), to France 2.1919
U39		199	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	26.9.1914	1.1915	Austrian flag 1915 (U39), to France 3.1919
U40		200	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	22.10.1914	2.1915	sunk 23.6.1915
U41		201	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1912	10.10.1914	2.1915	sunk 24.9.1915

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	685 / 878
Length, m	64.7
Breadth, m	6.32
Draught, m	3.56
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Germania diesels / 2 SSW electric motors
Power, h. p.	1850 / 1200
Max speed, kts	16.4 / 9.7
Fuel, t	diesel oil 110
Endurance, nm(kts)	8790(8) / 80(5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 4 - 500 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 6)
Complement	35
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

Medium coastal submarines. Double-hulled.

Modernizations

late 1914, U35: - 1 x 1 - 7.9/79; + 1 x 1 - 75/15 UK L/18

1915, U32, 36, 37: - 1 x 1 - 7.9/79; + 2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08

1915, U33-35, 38-41: - 1 x 1 - 7.9/79; + 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08

1916 - 1917, U33-35, 38, 39: - 1 x 1 - 88/27; + 1 x 1 - 105/43 TK L/45 C/16

1917, U32: - 2 x 1 - 88/27; + 1 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16

Naval service

U31 was lost in January, 1915 in the North Sea by unknown cause. Austrian U37 (ex-U32) was sunk by deep charges from British sloop Wallflower off Malta. Austrian U34 (ex-U34) was lost in October 1918 in Mediterranean by unknown cause. U36 was sunk by gunfire of British decoy ship Prince Charles 24.7.1915 off Rona Island. U37 was mined in the English Channel 1.4.1915. Austrian U39 (ex-U39) was badly damaged by aircraft off El Ferrol 18.5.1918, interned and later transferred to France. U40 was sunk by British pair of submarine C24 and decoy vessel Taranaki in the North Sea 23.6.1915. U41 was sunk by gunfire of British decoy vessel Wyandra 24.9.1915 in the English Channel.