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PODVODNIK NO18 submarine (1915/1916)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Подводник №18 [Podvodnik No18] (ex-U8, ex-UB8)     Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany 1914 1915 4.1915 // 5.1916 to France 2.1919


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

127 / 142

Length, m

28.1

Breadth, m

3.15

Draught, m

3.03

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Daimler diesel / 1 SSW electric motor

Power, h. p.

60 / 120

Max speed, kts

6.5 / 5.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 3.5

Endurance, nm(kts)

1650(5) / 45(4)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 2 - 450 TT (bow, 2)

Complement

14

Diving depth operational, m

50



Standard scale images


<i>Podvodnik No18 </i>1916
Podvodnik No18 1916


Project history UB I type coastal submarines with a diving depth of 50m; single-hulled type with a diving time of 33 seconds.

UB I type coastal submarines with a diving depth of 50m; single-hulled type with a diving time of 33 seconds. German UB8 was sold to Bulgaria.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Podvodnik No.18 came to France as a war reparation.