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"SH" type midget submarines (1948)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding
2 boats (Yard No 244,...)

196 Yd (Sudomekh), Leningrad: 2 boats

1948: Yard No 244

incomplete: 1 boat

none

early 1950s: Yard No 244


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Names 2 boats (Yard No 244, ...)

Builders

196 Yd (Sudomekh), Leningrad: 2 boats

Commissioned

1948: Yard No 244

Losses

incomplete: 1 boat

Transfers

none

Discarding early 1950s: Yard No 244


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t14.9 / 17
Length, m

11.9

Breadth, m

1.68

Draught, m

1.52

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Büssing-NAG diesel / 1 AEG electric motor

Power, h. p.

60 / 25

Max speed, kts

7.7 / 6

Fuel, t

diesel oil - 0.5

Endurance, nm(kts)300(7) / 63(3)
Armament

2 - 533 TT (side-drop collars, 2)

Complement

2

Diving depth operational, m50


Project history

Most effective of German midget submarines. They were equipped with automobile diesel for surface propulsion and thanks to what possessed a significant endurance. A diving depth was up to 50m, minimal diving time was 5sec; seaworthiness was up to 4 by Beaufort. Boats of this type were arranged from three completely ready sections. Two incomplete boats and some assembling sets were carried to 196 Yd in Leningrad, one submarine was completed and a little time used for tests.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.