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"U51" ex-German submarine (O3) (1916 / 1919)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
○3潜水艦 [O3] (ex-U55)   237 Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany 1914 18.3.1916 6.1916 // 11.1918 BU 1922


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t715 / 902
Length, m

65.2

Breadth, m

6.44

Draught, m

3.64

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

Power, h. p.

2400 / 1200

Max speed, kts

17.1 / 9.1

Fuel, t

diesel oil 103

Endurance, nm(kts)9400(8) / 55(5)
Armament

2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 4 - 500 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8)

Complement

36

Diving depth operational, m50


Project history

German submarine, transferred to Japan after World War I.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.