German Type Mittel U submarine

Class overview

Builders:	AG Weser, Bremen Germaniawerft, Kiel Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Operators:	Kaiserliche Marine
Preceded by:	Type U 66
Completed:	46
General characteristics
Displacement:	808 tons (surfaced) 946 tons (submerged) 1160 tons (total)
Length:	70.60 m (overall) 55.55 m (pressure hull)
Beam:	6.30 m (overall) 4.15 m (pressure hull)
Draught:	4.02 m
Propulsion:	2400 hp (surfaced) 1200 hp (submerged)
Speed:	16.8 knots (surfaced) 9.1 knots (submerged)
Range:	11,220 miles (surfaced) 56 miles (submerged)
Complement:	39 men
Armament:	16 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 105mm deck gun with 220 rounds 88mm deck gun

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

There were 46 Type Mittel U submarines commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine.

External links

"uboat.net". WWI U-boat Types. http://www.uboat.net/wwi/types/index.html?type=Mittel+U. Retrieved April 17, 2007.

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Preceded by: Type U 66 – Followed by: Type U 139

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