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.
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 |