German Type U 31 submarine
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U-35, a Type U 31 U-boat, at Newport, 7 October 1916. |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Operators: | Kaiserliche Marine |
| Preceded by: | Type U 27 |
| Succeeded by: | Type U 43 |
| In commission: | 3 September 1914 |
| Completed: | 11 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 685 tons (surfaced) 878 tons (submerged) 971 tons (total) |
| Length: | 64.70 m (overall) 52.36 m (pressure hull) |
| Beam: | 6.32 m (overall) 4.05 m (pressure hull) |
| Draught: | 3.56 m |
| Propulsion: | 1850 hp (surfaced) 1200 hp (submerged) |
| Speed: | 16.4 knots (surfaced) 9.7 knots (submerged) |
| Range: | 8790 miles (surfaced) 80 miles (submerged) |
| Complement: | 35 men |
| Armament: | 6 torpedoes (2/2 in bow/stern tubes) 105mm deck gun with 300 rounds |
U 31 was a class of U-boats built during World War I by the Kaiserliche Marine.
U 31 U-boats carried 6 torpedoes and were armed with one 105 mm deck gun. They carried a crew of 35 and had a cruising range of around 8,790 miles.
Between 1912 and 1915 11 were built on Germaniawerft in Kiel, amongst these top-three-scoring U-35 with the famous Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière as commander, U-39 with Walter Forstmann and U-38 with Max Valentiner. Together these U-boats sunk more than 1,244,204 gross register tons (GRT).
Later Admiral and head of the Abwehr from 1935 to 1944 Wilhelm Canaris also served as commander on two different U 31 U-boats. He first took over from Max Valentiner on U-38 and later on U-34.
[edit] List of Type U 31 submarines
There were eleven Type U 31 submarines commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine.
[edit] External links
- "uboat.net". WWI U-boat Types. http://www.uboat.net/wwi/types/index.html?type=U+31. Retrieved on April 16 2007.
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