Class 207 submarine

**Class 207**
	The Bielik
Ship data
country	Norway Denmark Poland; ;
Ship type	Submarine
Shipyard	North Sea Works , Emden
Construction period	1961 to 1967
Units built	15th
period of service	Since 1964
Ship dimensions and crew
length	47.7 m ( Lüa )
width	4.7 m
Draft	Max. 3.8 m
displacement	surfaced: 459 t ; submerged: 524 t
crew	20 to 25 men
Machine system
machine	Diesel- electric; 2 MTU Diesel; 1 electric motor
Machine ; performance	2,200 PS (1,618 kW)
propeller	1
Mission data submarine
Immersion depth, max.	180 m
Top ; speed ; submerged	17 kn (31 km / h)
Top ; speed ; surfaced	10 kn (19 km / h)
Armament
	8 × torpedo tube ∅ 53.3 cm;
Sensors
	Radar Kelvin Hughes 1007; sonar;

The Utstein as a museum ship in Horten

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 In Norway they replaced the outdated prey submarines of the German Type VII C or the British U- and V-Class.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
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
S322	KDM tumbling	KNM Utvær, Norway	October 20, 1989	5th Squadron in Frederikshavn	August 17, 2004	scrapped
S323	KDM Sælen	KNM Uthaug, Norway	October 10, 1990	5th Squadron in Frederikshavn	December 21, 2004	Museum in Copenhagen
S324	KDM Springeren (S-324)	KNM Kya, Norway	17th October 1991	5th Squadron in Frederikshavn	November 25, 2004	Museum in Søndenbro
-	-	KNM Kaura, Norway	-	-	-	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
294	ORP Sokół	KNM Stord, Norway	June 4, 2002	Submarine division in Gdynia	June 8, 2018	a. D.
295	ORP Sęp	KNM Skolpen, Norway	August 16, 2003	Submarine division in Gdynia	-	active
296	ORP Bielik	KNM Svenner, Norway	September 8, 2003	Submarine division in Gdynia	-	active
297	ORP condor	KNM Kunna, Norway	October 20, 2003	Submarine division in Gdynia	20th December 2017	a. D.
-	ORP Jastrząb	KNM Kobben, Norway	-	-	-	Spare parts dispenser, museum in Gdynia

Web links

Commons : Submarine Class 207 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

[1] Spiegel online: floppy hats instead of submarines: Danes are looking for agents by advertising. Retrieved August 21, 2013 .

[Silent_Fleet,_S._121–127-2] ↑ ^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.

[Leise,_Tiefer,_Schneller,_S._164–165-3] ↑ ^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.

[4] Drugi Kobben zakończył službe w MW. June 8, 2018, accessed December 10, 2019 (Polish).

[5] Marine Forum magazine, issue 3-2018, page 48