Operators Kaiserliche Marine Completed 46 | Preceded by Type U 66 | |
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Displacement 808 tonnes (795 long tons)(surfaced)946 tonnes (931 long tons) (submerged)1,160 tonnes (1,140 long tons) (total) Length 70.60 m (231 ft 8 in) (overall)55.55 m (182 ft 3 in) (pressure hull) | ||
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.