List of German submarine classes
This list gives an overview of the submarine classes of the German naval forces.
- Imperial Navy (1872-1918)
class | Number i. D. | Years of construction | Manufacturer | Known units |
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Individual submarine projects up to 1919, fleet submarines |
108 U 1 - U 18 with petroleum engines, U 19 - U 42, UA Ms types (mobilization types): U 43 - U 65, U 81 - U 114, U 160 - U 165 Large Ms types: U 135, U 136 |
1905-1918 |
Bremer Vulkan Krupp Germaniawerft , Kiel F. Schichau, Gdansk Imperial shipyard Danzig Fiat-Laurenti -Werft |
U 1 , U 9 , U 20 , U 21 , U 35 , U 53 |
Submarine class UB | 17 type I, 30 type II, 89 type III | 1914-1918 |
AG Weser, Bremen Blohm & Voss , Hamburg Krupp Germaniawerft AG Vulcan Hamburg |
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Submarine class UC | 15 type I, 64 type II, 16 type III | 1914-1918 | AG Weser, Bremen Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Krupp Germaniawerft Kaiserliche Werft Danzig AG Vulcan Hamburg |
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Submarine class UD | 5 | 1913-1915 | Krupp Germania shipyard | ex-Austro-Hungarian |
Submarine class UD 1 | 1 - project 50 | 1918 | Imperial shipyard Kiel | only construction preparation |
Submarine class UE | 10 UE I - Project 38 9 UE II - Project 45 |
1914-1918 | Imperial shipyard Danzig AG Vulcan Hamburg |
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Submarine class U139 | 3 - project 46 | 1916-1918 | Krupp Germania shipyard | |
Submarine class U142 | 1 - project 46a | 1916-1918 | Krupp Germania shipyard | |
Submarine class U151 ex commercial submarines |
7 (without project no.) | 1916-1918 |
Flensburg shipbuilding company Krupp Germaniawerft |
U 155 (ex U-Germany ) |
UF submarine class | 48 Project 48 54 Project 48a |
1918 | Schichau , Joh. C. Tecklenborg-Werft , Atlas-Werke AG , AG Neptun Rostock , Seebeck-Werft | not completed |
Submarine class UG | planned 101 - project 51 | from 1919 | various | no more building order placed |
- Reichsmarine (1921–1935) - only export
The Reichsmarine financed the Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (IvS) in order to maintain and further develop the German submarine construction skills while circumventing the Versailles Treaty . All submarines were built for foreign nations in foreign shipyards. The shipyard test drives were partly used to train German submarine crews.
class | Number i. D. | Years of construction | Manufacturer | Remarks |
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Vetehinen class | 3 for Finland | 1926-1931 | Crichton-Vulcan, Turku | |
E 1 class | 1 for Spain | 1929-1931 | Astilleros Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz | Prototype for type I , as Gür to Turkey sold |
Dolphin class | 3 for Sweden | 1932-1937 | Kockums , Malmo |
- Navy (1935-1945)
class | Number i. D. | Years of construction | Manufacturer | Famous units |
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Submarine class I. | 2 type IA | 1935-1936 | AG Weser | |
Submarine class II "dugout" | 6 type II A, 20 type II B, 8 type II C, 16 type II D | 1935-1941 | German works , Flender works , Krupp Germania shipyard | |
Class VII submarine | 10 Type VII A, 25 Type VII B, 658 Type VII C (1940), 6 Type VII D (1941), 4 Type VII F | 1935-1944 | u. a. AG Weser, Deutsche Werke, Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Howaldtswerke / Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel , Bremer Vulkan | U 47 , U 48 , U 96 (film " Das Boot "), U 99 , U 995 (museum boat Laboe ), U 100 |
Submarine class IX | 8 Type IX A, 14 Type IX B, 140 Type IX C, 2 Type IX D1, 29 Type IX D2 | 1936-1944 | AG Weser, Seebeck shipyard , German shipyard | U 505 , U 864 |
Submarine class X "mine layer" |
8 type XB | 1939-1944 | Krupp Germania shipyard | U 234 |
U-boat class XI "U-cruiser" |
four commissioned, none completed | 1939 | Deschimag, Bremen | |
U-boat class XIV "dairy cow" |
10 | 1939-1943 | German works | |
Submarine class XVII | 4th | 1942-1944 | Blohm & Voss, Krupp Germania shipyard | Walter test boats |
Submarine class XVIII | 1943 | Deutsche Werke Krupp Germaniawerft |
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Submarine class XXI "electric boat" |
123 | 1943-1945 | Blohm & Voss, AG Weser , Schichau Danzig | (Museum boat Wilhelm Bauer ) |
Submarine class XXIII | 62 | 1943-1945 | German shipyard, Krupp Germania shipyard, Toulon naval shipyard | |
Submarine class XXVI | 4 in production, construction canceled | 1943-1945 | Blohm & Voss | |
Submarine class XXVII | Small submarines | 1944-1945 | Germania shipyard, Kiel and Schichau, Elbing |
- Federal Navy / German Navy (since 1956)
class | Number i. D. | Years of construction | Manufacturer | Famous units |
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Class 240 submarine | 2 for Germany by modifying Type XXIII boats (lengthening, changing the tower cladding, etc.) | Blohm + Voss , Hamburg | Underground shark | |
Submarine class 241 | 1 for Germany by modifying a Type XXI boat with double class 201 machinery and new tower cladding | 1960 | Kieler Howaldtswerke AG , Kiel | Wilhelm Bauer |
Submarine class 201 | 3 built for Germany including 1 temporarily loaned to Norway for test purposes 1 converted into a test vehicle for stern torpedo tubes for Germany |
1960–1962 | Kieler Howaldtswerke AG , Kiel | U 1 first new submarine building in Germany |
Submarine class 202 | 2 for Germany | 1965-1966 | Atlas-Werke AG , Bremen | |
Class 203 submarine | Unrealized class of small electric submarines (similar to class 202 ) without their own recharging facility for batteries | - | - | - |
Submarine class 204 | Unrealized class of submarines (similar to class 206 ) with Walter propulsion | - | - | - |
Class 205 submarine | 13 pieces in part strongly different types of construction built of which 11 for Germany and that later 1 for Germany for a test vehicle for AIP drives converted 1 for Germany converted to the underwater target vessel 1 for Germany for the class 212 A -Erprobungsträger converted 2 in Denmark for the Danish Marine built |
1961-1969 |
Kieler Howaldtswerke AG , Kiel Orlogsværftet , Copenhagen |
U 12 (S191) collision with GDR freighter Fritz Reuter (04/02/1971) |
Submarine class 206 | 18 built for Germany of which 12 for Germany converted to type 206 A, of which 4 (2 as spare parts donors) continued to be used by Colombia , possibility of using an external mine belt |
1973-1975 | HDW , Kiel | U 24 (S173) managed the simulated sinking of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in a maneuver in 2001 |
Submarine class Gal | Export only (similar to Class 206 ): 3 in the UK for Israel built |
1975-1977 | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd , Barrow-in-Furness | |
Class 207 submarine | Only Export: 15 for Norway (Kobben class) built it four (1 for spare parts) by Denmark reused 5 (1 for spare parts) by Poland continue to be used |
1962-1967 | North Sea Works , Emden | |
Submarine class 208 | Unrealized hunting submarine design with Walter drive for use in the North Sea, planned as a supplement to class 206 | - | - | - |
Submarine class 209 | Export only: 61 pieces in partly very different designs in 5 coarse sub-classes built for 13 countries Class 209–1100: 4 for Greece 2 for Argentina 2 for Peru Class 209–1200: 2 for Colombia 6 for Turkey 4 for Greece 4 for Peru 9 for South Korea class 209–1300: 2 for Venezuela 2 for Ecuador 2 for Indonesia 2 for Chile class 209–1400: 5 for Brazil 8 for Turkey 3 for South Africa class 209–1500: 4 for India |
from 1967 |
HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden Gölcük Marinewerft , Gölcük (Kocaeli) Mazagon Dock Limited , Mumbai Arsenal de Marinha , Rio de Janeiro Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , Okpo-dong |
ARA San Luis (S32) Falklands War (1982), TCG Yildiray (S350) collision with a freighter in the Mediterranean Sea (2013) |
Submarine class TR 1700 | Export only: 2 built in Germany for Argentina , 4 others not completed or not started in Argentina |
1980-1985 |
Nordseewerke , Emden Astillero Domecq Garcia , Buenos Aires |
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Type 2000 submarine class | Unrealized design for the US Navy , possibility of using an external missile belt | - | - | |
Class 210 submarine | Export only: 6 for Norway (Ula class) as well as previously unrealized, heavily modernized draft class 210mod |
1987-1992 | North Sea Works , Emden | |
Class 211 submarine | Unrealized draft TR1600, planned to replace class 206 | - | - | - |
Submarine class Dolphin | Export only: 3 for Israel (Dolphin class) 3 more with AIP for Israel (Dolphin II class) |
1991–1999 from 2007 |
HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden |
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Submarine class Dakar | export only: 3 for Israel (successor to Dolphin II class) |
from 2020 |
HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden |
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Submarine class 212 A | 6 for Germany 4 for Italy |
from 2002 |
HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden Fincantieri , La Spezia |
Papanikolis as a prototype |
Submarine class 214 | export only: 6 for Greece 9 for South Korea 2 for Portugal (class 209 PN) 6 for Turkey (class 214 TN) |
from 2004 |
HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden Hellenic Shipyards , Skaramagas Hyundai Heavy Industries , Ulsan Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , Okpo-dong Gölcük Marinewerft , Gölcük (Kocaeli) |
Papanikolis as a prototype |
Submarine class 216 | unrealized 4000 ts Design for Australia , which for a conventionally powered version of the French Suffren class decided | - | - | - |
Submarine class 218 | 4 ordered by Singapore (Class 218 SG). All boats are built in Kiel. | - | - | - |
See also
- List of submarine classes by state
- List of German U-Boats (1906-1919)
- List of German submarines (1935–1945)
- List of small German submarine types up to 1945
- List of Bundeswehr submarines
Web links
- u-boot-archiv.de
- uboat.net
- Yesterday, today, tomorrow ( Memento from February 6, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Turkish Navy submarine collides with cargo ship ( Memento from December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ France wins A $ 50bn Australia submarine contract. In: bbc.com. BBC , April 26, 2016, accessed April 26, 2016.
- ^ Paul Karp: France to build Australia's new submarine fleet as $ 50bn contract awarded. In: theguardian.com. The Guardian , April 26, 2016, accessed April 26, 2016 .