 SM U-86, a Mittel U submarine |
| Class overview |
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| Builders | |
| Operators |  Imperial German Navy |
| Preceded by | Type U 66 |
| Completed | 46 |
| General characteristics |
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| Displacement | - 808 tonnes (795 long tons)(surfaced)
- 946 tonnes (931 long tons) (submerged)
- 1,160 tonnes (1,140 long tons) (total)
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| Length | - 70.60 m (231 ft 8 in) (overall)
- 55.55 m (182 ft 3 in) (pressure hull)
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| Beam | - 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) (overall)
- 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) (pressure hull)
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| Draught | 4.02 m (13 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | - 2 hp × 2,400 hp (1.5 kW × 1,789.7 kW) (surfaced)
- 2 hp × 1,200 hp (1.5 kW × 894.8 kW) (submerged)
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| Speed | - 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) (surfaced)
- 9.1 knots (16.9 km/h; 10.5 mph) (submerged)
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| Range | 11,220 mi (9,750 nmi; 18,060 km) (surfaced) 56 mi (49 nmi; 90 km) (submerged) |
| Complement | 39 men |
| Armament | - 16 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes)
- 105mm deck gun with 220 rounds
- 88mm deck gun
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Mittel U was a class of U-boats built during World War I by the Kaiserliche Marine.
Mittel U U-boats carried 16 torpedoes and had various arrangements of deck guns. Some had only one 88mm gun while others had a single 105mm gun - but most had both originally. In 1917 some of the boats were refitted with a single 105mm gun.
They carried a crew of 39 and had excellent seagoing abilities with a cruising range of around 11,220 miles. Many arrangements from the Mittel U were also seen on the World War II Type IX U-boats when their design work took place 20 years later.
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