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Type X submarine information


U-234 surrenders to USS Sutton, 1945
Class overview
BuildersGermaniawerft, Kiel
Operators
  • Type X submarine Kriegsmarine
  • Type X submarine Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byType IX submarine
Succeeded by
  • Type XIV submarine (tanker submarine)
  • Type XVII submarine (coastal submarine)
Built1939 -1944
In commission1941 -1945
Completed8
Lost6
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeSubmarine minelayer
Displacement
  • 1,763 tonnes (1,735 long tons) surfaced
  • 2,177 tonnes (2,143 long tons) submerged
Length
  • 89.80 m (294 ft 7 in) o/a
  • 70.90 m (232 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Beam
  • 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in) o/a
  • 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Height10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught4.71 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × supercharged GW F 46 a 9 pu 9-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engines, 4,800 PS (4,700 bhp; 3,500 kW)
  • 2 × AEG GU 720/8-287 electric motors, 1,100 PS (1,100 shp; 810 kW)
Speed
  • 16.4–17 knots (30.4–31.5 km/h; 18.9–19.6 mph) surfaced
  • 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range
  • 18,450 nautical miles (34,170 km; 21,230 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 93 nmi (172 km; 107 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depthCalculated crush depth: 220 m (720 ft)
Complement5 officers, 47 enlisted
Armament
  • 2 × 53.3 cm (21 in) stern torpedo tubes
  • 15 × torpedoes
  • 66 × SMA mines
  • 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun[2] (200 rounds)

Type X (XB) U-boats were a special type of German submarine (U-boat). Although intended as long-range mine-layers, they were later used as long-range cargo transports, a task they shared with the Type IXD and Italian Romolo-class submarines.

  1. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 76–77.
  2. ^ Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 pp.248&249

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