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U53 1917

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U51		233	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1914	25.11.1915	2.1916	sunk 14.7.1916
U52		234	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1914	8.12.1915	3.1916	to United Kingdom 11.1918
U53		235	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1914	1.2.1916	4.1916	to United Kingdom 12.1918
U54		236	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1914	22.2.1916	5.1916	to Italy 11.1918
U55		237	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1914	18.3.1916	6.1916	to Japan 11.1918 (○3潜水艦 [O3])
U56		238	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1914	18.4.1916	6.1916	lost 3.11.1916

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	715 / 902
Length, m	65.2
Breadth, m	6.44
Draught, m	3.64
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN diesels / 2 SSW electric motors
Power, h. p.	2400 / 1200
Max speed, kts	17.1 / 9.1
Fuel, t	diesel oil 103
Endurance, nm(kts)	9400(8) / 55(5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 4 - 500 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8)
Complement	36
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

Medium coastal submarines of Mobilization type, improved variant of U41 class. Double-hulled.

Modernizations

1916-1917, U52-55: - 2 x 1 - 88/27; + 1 x 1 - 105/43 TK L/45 C/16

1917-1918: U53-55: + 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08

Naval service

U51 was torpedoed 14.7.1916 in the North Sea by British submarine H5. U52 sank after torpedo explosion 29.10.1917 at KW Kiel, salvaged two days later and commissioned again in May, 1918. U56 was lost by unknown cause after 3.11.1916 in the Arctic.