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"KREISLAUF-SEEHUND" type midget submarines (U5188)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding
U5188 - 5193, U6244 - 6248

Germaniawerft, Kiel: U5188-5193, 6244-6248

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100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Names U5188 - 5193, U6244 - 6248

Builders

Germaniawerft, Kiel: U5188-5193, 6244-6248

Commissioned

none

Losses

all incomplete

Transfers

none

Discarding none


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t17
Length, m

13.6

Breadth, m

1.68

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Büssing-NAG diesel with AIP plant / 1 AEG electric motor

Power, h. p.

100 (80 submerged) / 25

Max speed, kts

8 / 10.3 or 6.9 under electric motor

Fuel, t

diesel oil 0.6 + liquid oxygen 0.72

Endurance, nm(kts)340(8) / 71(10) or 17(4) under electric motor
Armament

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

Complement

2

Diving depth operational, m50


Standard scale images


<i> U5188</i>
U5188


Project history

Seehund with AIP propulsion.