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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U112		977	Deschimag, Bremen	1939	---	---	cancelled 9.1939
U113		978	Deschimag, Bremen	1939	---	---	cancelled 9.1939
U114		979	Deschimag, Bremen	1939	---	---	cancelled 9.1939
U115		980	Deschimag, Bremen	1939	---	---	cancelled 9.1939

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	2740 / 3630
Length, m	114.8
Breadth, m	9.50
Draught, m	6.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	8 MWM diesels / 2 BBC electric motors
Power, h. p.	17600 / 2200
Max speed, kts	23.2 / 7
Fuel, t	diesel oil 500
Endurance, nm(kts)	20600(10) / 50(4)
Armament	2 x 2 - 128/42 SK C/34, 2 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12), 1 seaplane (Ar 231)
Electronic equipment	S-Gerät sonar, GHG hydrophone
Complement	110
Diving depth operational, m	120

Standard scale images

Project history

Submarine cruiser with strong gun armament was designed in Germany since 1937. Double-hulled, with fuel and ballast tanks in inter-hull space. Pressure hull cross-section in the aft part could had form of horizontal 8. Maximal diving depth could been 240m. Small seaplane Ar 231 could been hold disassembled in 2.26m-diameter vertical tube between CT and fore gun mount.

Order for 4 submarines was given out 17.1.1939 but cancelled after war beginning.