Submarine class XVII

Submarine class XVII B

The partially dismantled U 1406 shortly after the end of the Second World War

Ship data Ship type Submarine class Walther submarine Shipyard Blohm & Voss Launch 1944/45 Whereabouts 3 boats built

Ship dimensions and crew length 41.45 m ( Lüa ) width 4.5 m Draft Max. 4.3 m displacement 312 t surfaced 337 t submerged   crew 19th

Machine system machine 1 × Deutz 8cyl Diesel 230 PS 1 × AEG E-Motor 77.5 PS 1 × Walther turbine 2,500 PS Top speed 8.5 kn (16 km / h) propeller 1

Mission data submarine Radius of action 3,000 nm Dive time 14 sec Immersion depth, max. 150 m Top speed submerged 25 kn (46 km / h)

Armament 2 × 553 mm bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes) Sensors GHG

The submarine class XVII , officially called the Type XVII , was a German submarine class that was built from 1942 to 1944.

These were single-hulled boats with Walter drives , of which several versions were built or planned.

Type XVIIA was the collective name for the two test types Wa 201 from Blohm & Voss ( U 792 and U 793 ) and Wk 202 from Friedrich Krupp Germania shipyard ( U 794 and U 795 ).

A total of twelve boats of the type XVIIB (Blohm & Voss) were ordered (U 1405 to U 1416). Half of these were canceled before the keel was laid , in favor of submarine class XXI . Only the first three boats were completed. All three were sunk themselves at the end of the war. U 1406 was brought to the USA after the uplift, but no longer put into service. U 1407 served in the Royal Navy as HMS Meteorite from 1946 to 1949 .

The type XVIIG (Germaniawerft) also twelve boats were commissioned (U 1081 to U 1092), but later canceled as well.

literature

• Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945. Volume 3: U-Boats, Auxiliary Cruisers, Barrier Breakers. , Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1985, ISBN 3-7637-4802-4 .
• Florian Lipsky, Stefan Lipsky: German submarines. Hundred years of technology and development , ES Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-8132-0868-9

Web links

• Submarine Museum