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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U4501		4501	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	---	---	---	never laid up, part of hull sections were prepaired
U4502		4502	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	---	---	---	never laid up, part of hull sections were prepaired
U4503		4503	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	---	---	---	never laid up, part of hull sections were prepaired
U4504		4504	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	---	---	---	never laid up, part of hull sections were prepaired

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	842 / 926
Length, m	56.2
Breadth, m	5.45
Draught, m	5.90
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 MWM diesel + 1 MAN diesel-generator / 1 Brückner & Kanis -Walter geared hydrogen peroxide steam-gas turbine / 1 AEG electric motor + / 1 SSW crouching electric motor
Power, h. p.	580 + 265 / 7500 / 536 / 71
Max speed, kts	11 / 24 / 10 (main electric motor) / 5 (crouching electric motor)
Fuel, t	diesel oil 65 + Walter fuel 97
Endurance, nm(kts)	7300(10) / 158(22) or 45(6) or 107(4)
Armament	10 - 533 TT (4 bow, 6 aft amidships, 10)
Electronic equipment	FuMO 61 radar, GHG, Balkon-Gerät hydrophones, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites
Complement	33
Diving depth operational, m	135

Standard scale images

Project history

Last submarine series of Walter`s design. Design included all new features of XXIII and XXI series, exclude fast torpedo reloading system: TT had no spare torpedoes but submarine could had 6 side-placed TTs directed aftward, placed in second torpedo compartment.