German Type Mittel U submarine
![]() SM U-86, a Mittel U submarine | |
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Preceded by | Type U 66 |
Completed | 46 |
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Draught | 4.02 m (13 ft 2 in) |
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Range | 11,220 mi (9,750 nmi; 18,060 km) (surfaced) 56 mi (49 nmi; 90 km) (submerged) |
Complement | 39 men |
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Mittel U was a class of U-boats built during World War I by the Kaiserliche Marine.
Mittel U U-boats carried 16 torpedoes and had various arrangements of deck guns. Some had only one 88mm gun while others had a single 105mm gun - but most had both originally. In 1917 some of the boats were refitted with a single 105mm gun.
They carried a crew of 39 and had excellent seagoing abilities with a cruising range of around 11,220 miles. Many arrangements from the Mittel U were also seen on the World War II Type IX U-boats when their design work took place 20 years later.
Between 1915 and 1919 46 were built, amongst them U-88 with Walther Schwieger as commander and U-103 with Claus Rücker.
List of Type Mittel U submarines
[edit]There were 46 Type Mittel U submarines commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine.
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External links
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- "uboat.net". WWI U-boat Types. Archived from the original on February 19, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2007.