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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U213		645	Germaniawerft, Bremen	10.1940	24.7.1941	8/1941	sunk 31.7.1942
U214		646	Germaniawerft, Bremen	10.1940	12.9.1941	11/1941	sunk 26.7.1944
U215		647	Germaniawerft, Bremen	11.1940	9.10.1941	11/1941	sunk 3.7.1942
U216		648	Germaniawerft, Bremen	1.1941	23.10.1941	12/1941	sunk 20.10.1942
U217		649	Germaniawerft, Bremen	1.1941	15.11.1941	1/1942	sunk 5.6.1943
U218		650	Germaniawerft, Bremen	3.1941	5.12.1941	1/1942	surrendered 5.1945, scuttled 4.12.1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	965 / 1080
Length, m	76.9
Breadth, m	6.38
Draught, m	5.01
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Germania diesels / 2 AEG electric motors
Power, h. p.	2800 - 3200 / 750
Max speed, kts	16 - 16.7 / 7.3
Fuel, t	diesel oil 155
Endurance, nm(kts)	11200(10) / 69(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/35, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 stern, 14 or 39 mines), 15 mines
Electronic equipment	S-Gerät sonar, GHG hydrophone
Complement	46
Diving depth operational, m	100

Standard scale images

Project history

Modification of VII series adapted for SMA mines, designed on the basis of VIIC series with additional 9.8m-long compartment aft from CT with five vertical tubes for 3 mines each. Also could carry 26 TMA or 39 TMB mines instead of torpedoes. The other equipment did not vary. In connection with lagging of production of SMA mines, submarines were used mainly as suppliers in Atlantic.

Modernizations

1942-1943, most survived: + FuMO 30 radar, FuMB 1 Metox ECM suite

1943 - 1944, all survived were re-armed with following guns: 1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38 or 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38

1934-1944, most survived: - S-Gerät sonar, FuMB 1 Metox ECM suite; + FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites

1944-1945, some survived: - FuMO 30 radar; + FuMO 61 radar

Naval service

U213 was sunk 31.7.1942 by British sloops Erne, Rochester and Sandwich SW off Azores. U214 was sunk 26.7.1944 by British frigate Cooke in La Manche. U215 was sunk 3.7.1942 by British armed trawler Le Tiger E off Boston. U216 was sunk 20.10.1942 by Liberator of 224th RAF sqn SW off Ireland. U217 was sunk 5.6.1943 by Avengers and Wildcats of USN VC-9 sqn from escort carrier Bogue in Central Atlantic. U218 was scuttled 4.12.1945 by Allies during operation "Deadlight".