Type IXC/40 U-boat                                                                   



 

Construction history of the Type IXC/40
Boats Shipyard Werk# Build during
U 167 – U 170 [4] Seebeck, Bremen 706 – 709 1940 – 1943
U 183 – U 188 [6] AG Weser, Bremen 1023 – 1028 1940 – 1942
U 189 – U 194 [6] AG Weser, Bremen 1035 – 1040 1940 – 1943
U 525 – U 532 [8] Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg 340 – 347 1940 - 1942
U 533 – U 538 [6] Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg 351 – 356 1941 – 1943
U 539 – U 550 [12] Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg 360 – 371 1941 – 1943
U 801 – U 806 [6] Seebeck, Bremen 359 – 364 1940 – 1944
U 841 – U 846 [6] AG Weser, Bremen 1047 – 1052 1941 – 1943
U 853 – U 858 [6] AG Weser, Bremen 1059 – 1064 1941 – 1943
U 865 – U 870 [6] AG Weser, Bremen 1073 – 1078 1941 – 1944
U 877 – U 881 [5] AG Weser, Bremen 1085 – 1089 1942 – 1944
U 889 [1] AG Weser, Bremen 1097 1942 – 1944
U 1221 – U 1235 [15] Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg 384 – 398 1941 - 1944


             These boats were a modification of the Type IXC boats. They had a slightly increased range,
            somewhat higher surface speed and
            were a bit heavier at 1545 tons fully loaded and submerged.


         All U-boats of  type IXC/40 (87 in total)

         U-167, U-168, U-169, U-170, U-183, U-184, U-185, U-186, U-187,

         U-188, U-189, U-190, U-191, U-192, U-193, U-194,

         U-525, U-526, U-527, U-528, U-529, U-530, U-531, U-532, U-533,

         U-534, U-535, U-536, U-537, U-538, U-539, U-540, U-541, U-542,

         U-543, U-544, U-545, U-546, U-547, U-548, U-549, U-550,

         U-801, U-802, U- 803, U-804, U-805, U-806, U-841, U-842, U-843,

         U-844, U-845, U-846, U-853, U-854, U-855, U-856, U-857, U-858,

         U-865, U-866, U-867, U-868, U-869, U-870, U-877, U-878, U-879,

         U-880, U-881, U-889,

         U-1221, U-1222, U-1223, U-1224, U- 1225, U-1226, U-1227, U-1228,

         U-1229, U-1230, U-1231, U-1232, U-1233, U-1234, U-1235.


 

Technical information on Type IXC/40
PROPULSION

9 Cylinder Man Diesel/electric 2 shafts

4.400 hp surfaced
1.100 hp submerged
speed 19 knots (max) surface speed   7.3 knots (max) submerged
DISPLACEMENT (tons) 1.120 surfaced
1.232 submerged
1.545 tons total
DIMENSIONS (mtr) Length: 76,76 over all
              58,75 pressure hull
Beam:   6,86 over all
               4,44 pressure hull
Height:   9,6
DRAFT (mtr)   4,67
ARMAMENT 4 forward torpedo tubes -  type G7A / G7E
2 stern torpedo tubes      -  type T5 / T11     
(max 22 torpedoes on board
1 x 37mm Bofor
2 x 20mm
1 x 105mm deck gun  (removed from U-534 during refit in 1943)
mines: 44 TMA
RANGE (nautical miles) 13.850 / 10 knots surfaced
5.100 / 18 knots surfaced
63 / 4 knots submerged (batteries)
DIVING DEPTH (max) 230 mtr / 755 feet
CREW 48 - 56

 


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