Typ XXI
Contruction Data
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Technical Data
| Size: |
1621 t (1819 submerged) |
| Length: |
76,70 m |
| Beam: |
8 m |
| Diving Depth: |
270 m |
| Armament: |
6 bow 53,3 cm torpedo tubes, 23 torpedoes
or 17 torpedoes and 12 mines; 4 x 2 cm |
| Performance: |
4000 hp (diesel), 4426 hp (battery)
Speed: 15,6kn (16,8 kn submerged)
Range: 15500 miles at 10 kn (365 miles at 5 kn submerged)
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History
The Typ XXI
was the answer to the increasing danger to German U-Boats by allied anti submarine forces in the second half of the war. Due to their powerful electrical engines and hydrodynamical shaped hull, those very advanced submarines were faster submerged than on the surface. The boats were built in sections to increase the production numbers, but although more than 134 were build only 7 of the new "Elektroboote" (Typ XXI
and XXIII
) operated against allied forces. The design of the Typ XXI
influenced the submarine construction in many countries after the war, e.g. the Russian W-Class was based on them.
After the war, the former U2540
was raised and entered service in the Bundesmarine as Wilhelm Bauer
, it is now on display in Bremerhaven, Germany.
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