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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U219 (ex-U219), 7.1945- 伊505 [I505]		625	Germania Werft, Kiel, Germany	5.1941	6.10.1942	12/1942 // 5.1945	surrendered 8.1945, BU 1947

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1370
Displacement normal, t	1735 / 2143
Length, m	89.8
Breadth, m	9.20
Draught, m	4.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Germania diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	4200 / 1100
Max speed, kts	16.4 / 7
Fuel, t	diesel oil 362
Endurance, nm(kts)	18450(10) / 93(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 37/80 C/30U, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 2 - 533 TT (bow, 15), 66 mines instead of cargo
Military load	250 t of cargo instead of mines
Electronic equipment	FuMO 30 radar, GHG hydrophone, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites
Complement	52
Diving depth operational, m	100

Standard scale images

Project history

After capitulation of Germany all being in Japan German submarines 8-10.5.1945 were transferred under Japanese control and after assimilation of ships by new crews entered service. 15.7.1945 they have replaced old, still German numbering on accepted in the IJN.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.