Class 207 submarine
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The class 207 is a class of diesel-electric submarines that were built at the Nordseewerke in Emden for the Norwegian Navy and used by the latter under the name Kobben class . The class 207 is a further development of the class 205 specially tailored to the requirements of the Norwegian Navy . Some of the boats are in service in Poland , Denmark has now dissolved its submarine fleet without replacement.
history
The class 207 was the first major export draft of German shipyards, the keel laying of the first boats began in 1961. At that time there were still restrictions on the displacement by the WEU for the German shipyards , which is why the German submarines are comparatively small, but still on the state of the art. A total of 15 units of the type were built.
Units and whereabouts
Royal Norwegian Navy
The original client for the 15 class 207 submarines was the Kongelige Norske Marine (Sjøforsvaret) , which after two years of testing U 3 of the submarine class 201 , wanted to procure a similar type tailored to their needs. The class 207 boats built at the Nordseewerke in Emden thus became the Federal Republic's first submarine export . In Norway they replaced the outdated prey submarines of the German Type VII C or the British U- and V-Class. Some of the boats were modernized in the late 1980s, some of which were given to Denmark . The non-modernized boats were scrapped when the new class 210 (Ula-class) submarines were put into service. The last Norwegian boats of class 207 were decommissioned shortly after the turn of the millennium and handed over to Poland . In Norway, Utstein S302 is a boat of the class that has been preserved as a museum.
Identifier | Surname | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | unit | Decommissioning | Whereabouts |
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S315 | Kaura | May 19, 1964 | October 16, 1964 | February 5, 1965 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | May 31, 1990 | 1991 sold to Denmark as a spare parts donor . Hull scrapped in 1992 |
S316 | chin | March 18, 1963 | November 30, 1963 | April 8, 1964 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | February 20, 1980 February 24, 1980 |
Sunk in Bjørna Fjord in 1990 |
S317 | Kya | May 26, 1963 | February 20, 1964 | June 15, 1964 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | September 7, 1989 | 1991 modernized and sold to Denmark (KDM Springeren S324) |
S318 | Cobbs | December 9, 1963 | April 25, 1964 | 17th August 1964 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | 2000 June 1, 1999 |
2002 as a spare parts donor to Poland (ORP Kastrup) |
S319 | Kunna | March 3, 1964 | July 16, 1964 | October 29, 1964 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | 2001 05/31/2001 |
Delivered to Poland in 2004 (ORP Kondor 297) |
S300 | Ula | August 21, 1964 | December 19, 1964 | May 7, 1965 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | October 26, 1990 | Renamed to Kinn (S316) in 1987 . Scrapped 1998, tower in Trondheim in front of submarine bunker Dora preserved |
S301 | Utsira | October 30, 1964 | March 11, 1965 | July 8, 1965 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | December 12, 1991 | Scrapped in 1998. |
S302 | Utstein | January 8, 1965 | May 19, 1965 | September 15, 1965 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | November 23, 1990 | since 1998 museum ship in the naval museum in Horten |
S303 | Utvær | March 24, 1965 | July 30, 1965 | December 1, 1965 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | October 30, 1987 | 1989 modernized and sold to Denmark (KDM Tumleren S322) |
S304 | Uthaug | May 31, 1965 | October 8, 1965 | February 16, 1966 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | December 16, 1987 | Modernized in 1990 and sold to Denmark on December 16, 1986 , see (KDM Sælen S323) |
S305 | Sklinna | 17th August 1965 | January 21, 1966 | May 27, 1966 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | January 9, 1989 June 1, 1999 |
1989 modernized. Scrapped in 2001 |
S306 | Scolps | November 1, 1965 | March 24, 1966 | 17th August 1966 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | November 8, 1989 August 16, 2002 |
Delivered to Poland in 2002 (ORP Sęp 295) |
S307 | city | 1st February 1966 | June 10, 1966 | November 15, 1966 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | May 12, 1987 | Scrapped in 1989 |
S308 | KNM Stord | April 1, 1966 | 2nd September 1966 | February 14, 1967 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | May 12, 1987 June 1, 2001 |
Delivered to Poland in 2002 (ORP Sokół 294) |
S309 | KNM Svenner | September 8, 1966 | January 27, 1967 | June 12, 1967 | 1st submarine squadron in Haakonsvern | October 9, 2003 | Delivered to Poland in 2003 (ORP Bielik 296) |
Royal Danish Navy
The second user of class 207 was the Kongelige Danske Marine (Søværnet) , which added it to their class 205 submarines . Norway handed over three modernized class 207 submarines and a fourth as a spare parts donor. The Danish boats of class 207 were decommissioned in the course of the abolition of the Danish submarine weapon together with the submarines of all other existing classes until the end of 2004. Two of the three boats have been preserved as museums.
Identifier | Surname | Formerly | Commissioning | unit | Decommissioning | Whereabouts |
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S322 | KDM tumbling | KNM Utvær, | October 20, 1989 | 5th Squadron in Frederikshavn | August 17, 2004 | scrapped |
S323 | KDM Sælen | KNM Uthaug, | October 10, 1990 | 5th Squadron in Frederikshavn | December 21, 2004 | Museum in Copenhagen |
S324 | KDM Springeren (S-324) | KNM Kya, | 17th October 1991 | 5th Squadron in Frederikshavn | November 25, 2004 | Museum in Søndenbro |
- | - | KNM Kaura, | - | - | - | Spare parts dispenser, hull scrapped in 1992 |
Navy of the Republic of Poland
The last remaining user of the submarine class 207 is Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej . The four class 207 submarines taken over by Norway replaced the outdated Foxtrot class submarines (Project 641) and currently form the backbone of the Polish submarine fleet. Another boat of class 207 was taken over as a spare parts donor and now serves as a museum in Gdynia .
Identifier | Surname | Formerly | Commissioning | unit | Decommissioning | Whereabouts |
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294 | ORP Sokół | KNM Stord, | June 4, 2002 | Submarine division in Gdynia | June 8, 2018 | a. D. |
295 | ORP Sęp | KNM Skolpen, | August 16, 2003 | Submarine division in Gdynia | - | active |
296 | ORP Bielik | KNM Svenner, | September 8, 2003 | Submarine division in Gdynia | - | active |
297 | ORP condor | KNM Kunna, | October 20, 2003 | Submarine division in Gdynia | 20th December 2017 | a. D. |
- | ORP Jastrząb | KNM Kobben, | - | - | - | Spare parts dispenser, museum in Gdynia |
See also
- List of German submarine classes
- Christoph Aschmoneit
- List of submarine classes by state
- List of Polish submarine classes
Web links
- Page on the Danish Navy (English)
- Official site of the Polish Navy (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spiegel online: floppy hats instead of submarines: Danes are looking for agents by advertising. Retrieved August 21, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al Hannes Ewerth, Peter Neumann: Silent Fleet 2nd Edition . Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG Kiel and Yacht-Photo-Service YPS, Hamburg 1999, pp. 121–127.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Jürgen Rohweder, Peter Neumann: Leiser, Tiefer, Schneller - Innovations in German submarine construction . ES Mittler & Sohn in Maximillian Verlag, Hamburg / Bonn 2015, pp. 164–165.
- ↑ Drugi Kobben zakończył službe w MW. June 8, 2018, accessed December 10, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ Marine Forum magazine, issue 3-2018, page 48