Type 205
Additional technical demands on the Type 201´s twelve planned boats led to the designation as Type 205 from the fourth unit on. This type had a longer range and a slighty increased length and displacement compared to Type 201. At the request of Germany exceeding the 350 t limit by this was sanctioned subsequently by the WEU by rising the tonnage limit from 350 t to 450t on 19 Oktober 1962.
The first unit of this Type was U 4 and up until 1969 a total of 9 boats were commissioned. The former boats of Type 201 U 1 and U 2 were re-commissioned in the years 1966/67 after a reconstruction to Type 205A, so that the Type 205 together with the modified Type 205A consisted of a total of 11 U-boats. U 1 served as a trial boat for air independent propulsion from 1988 on after being reconstructed once again. After commissioning of the U-boats Type 206 from 1973 on the 5 U-boats of Type 205 were de-commissioned (U 4, U 5, U 6, U 7, U 8).
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U-boats |
U 4, U 5, U 6, U 7, U 8, U 9, U 10, U 11, U 12, plus U 1 and U 2 |
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Shipyard |
HDW at Kiel |
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Commissioning |
U 4=19/11/1962/ U 5=04/07/1963/ U 6=04/07/1963/ U 7=16/03/1964/ U 8=22/07/64/ U 9=11/04/1967/ U 10=28/11/1967/ U 11=21/06/1968/ U 12=14/01/1969, re-commissioning after reconstruction U 1= 26/06/1967 and U 2=10/10/1966 |
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De-commissioning |
Used as training boats from 01/10/1969 and subsequently de-commissioned: U 4 up until 01/08/1974/ U 5 up until 17/05/1974/ U 6 up until 22/08/1974/ U 7 up until 12/07/1974/ U 8 up until 09/10/1974. U 1, U 2, U 9, U 10, U 11 and U 12 see Type 205A |
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Displacement |
370 to/ 450 to submerged |
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Length |
43.5 m |
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Beam |
4.6 m |
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Draught |
4.0 m |
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Engine power |
1,200 HP / 1,500 HP submerged |
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Speed |
10 kn/ 18 kn submerged |
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Range |
3,000 nmi at 5 kn |
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Diving depth |
at least 100 m |
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Armament |
8 bow torpedo tubes |
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Complement |
21 |