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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U1601		760	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1602		761	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1603		762	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1604		766	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1605		767	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1606		768	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1607		772	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1608		773	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1609		774	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1610		778	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1611		779	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1612		780	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1613		784	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1614		785	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1615		786	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1701		757	Germaniawerft, Kiel	2.1944	---	---	cancelled early 1945
U1702		758	Germaniawerft, Kiel	3.1944	---	---	cancelled early 1945
U1703		759	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled early 1945
U1704		763	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1705		764	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1706		765	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1707		769	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1708		770	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1709		771	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1710		775	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1711		776	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1712		777	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1713		781	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1714		782	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944
U1715		783	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1944	---	---	cancelled 5.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	2708 / 2962
Length, m	77.1
Breadth, m	9.15
Draught, m	6.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Germania diesels / 2 GL electric motors
Power, h. p.	3200 / 750
Max speed, kts	12.7 / 5.8
Fuel, t	diesel oil 471
Endurance, nm(kts)	18900(10) / 49(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
Military load	750 t of liquid and 50 t of dry cargo U1701 - 1703: 800 t of hydrogen peroxide
Electronic equipment	FuMO 61 radar, GHG hydrophone, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites
Complement	58
Diving depth operational, m	100

Standard scale images

Project history

Oceangoing transport submarines specially built for routes to East Asia, further development of XB series. U1601-1615 were ordered 3.3.1943 to Deutsche Werft, 14.12.1943 order was transferred to Germaniawerft but cancelled 27.5.1944 in favor of building of XXI series submarines. U1701-1715, ordered to Vegesack, had the same fate. Planned U1616-1700 and U1716-1800 were never ordered.