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German Type UE I submarine

Class overview
Builders: AG Vulkan, Hamburg; Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Operators:  Kaiserliche Marine
Preceded by: Type U 66
Succeeded by: Type U 81
Completed: 10
Lost: 5
General characteristics
Displacement: 755 tonnes (743 long tons) surfaced
832 tonnes (819 long tons) submerged
Length: 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) (o/a)
46.66 m (153 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Beam: 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) (o/a)
5 m (16 ft 5 in) (pressure hull)
Height: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught: 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)
Propulsion: 900 hp (670 kW) surfaced
660 kW (890 hp) submerged
Speed: 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph) surfaced
7.9 knots (14.6 km/h; 9.1 mph) submerged
Range: 7,880 nmi (14,590 km; 9,070 mi) at 7 kn surfaced
83 nmi (154 km; 96 mi) at 4 kn submerged
Complement: 32 men
Armament: One 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes forward and one 50 cm torpedo tubes aft
plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) or 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun
two minelaying tubes for 38 mines

The German Type UE I submarine was an ocean-going single-hull submarine with saddle tanks built by AG Vulkan in Hamburg and Kaiserliche Werft Danzig. The Type UE I was equipped with two six-cylinder Benz engines for 900 horsepower (670 kW) for a surface top speed of 9.6 knots (17.8 km/h; 11.0 mph) to 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph). Armed with a single torpedo tube forward and aft, plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun (U-72 received a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) gun in 1917), its main weapon were the 38 mines in two minelaying tubes. The boats were crewed by four officers and 28 men for a complement of 32.


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