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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U1081		720	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1943	---	---	cancelled autumn 1943
U1082		721	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1943	---	---	cancelled autumn 1943

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	308 / 340
Length, m	39.5
Breadth, m	4.50
Draught, m	4.72
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 Deutz diesel / 1 Germaniawerft-Walter geared hydrogen peroxide steam-gas turbine / 1 AEG electric motor
Power, h. p.	210 - 230 / 2500 / 77
Max speed, kts	8.5 - 8.8 / 25 / 5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 22 + Walter fuel 39
Endurance, nm(kts)	2850(8.8) / 84(25) or 50(2)
Armament	2 - 533 TT (short) (bow, 4)
Electronic equipment	FuMO 30 radar, GHG hydrophone, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites
Complement	19
Diving depth operational, m	80

Project history

Variant of XVII series in most features repeated XVIIB design. Both submarines were cancelled in favor of building of more conventional XXI series submarines.