German submarine U-35 (S185)

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NameU-35
Builder Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Laid down21 August 2007
Launched15 November 2011
Commissioned23 March 2015
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and type Type 212
Type submarine
Displacement
  • 1,450 tonnes (1,430 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,830 tonnes (1,800 long tons) submerged
Length
  • 56 m (183.7 ft)
  • 57.2 m (187.66 ft) (2nd batch)
Beam7 m (22.96 ft)
Draft6 m (19.68 ft)
Installed power1 x MTU-396 16V (2,150 kW); 1 x Siemens Permasyn electric motor Type FR6439-3900KW (2,850 kW)
Propulsion
Speed20  knots (37 km/h) submerged, 12 knots surfaced [3]
Range
  • 8,000 nmi (14,800 km, or 9,196 miles) at 8 knots (15 km/h) surfaced
  • 3 weeks without snorkeling, 12 weeks overall
EnduranceSurface 14,800 km at 15 km/h, Subsurface 780 km at 15 km/h, 3,000 nmi at 4 kn,
Test depthover 700 m (2,296 ft) [4]
Complement5 officers, 22 men
Sensors and
processing systems		CSU 90 (DBQS-40FTC), Sonar: ISUS90-20, Radar: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I-band nav.,
Electronic warfare
& decoys		EADS FL 1800U suite
Armament6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes (in 2 forward pointing groups of 3) with 13 [5] DM2A4, A184 Mod.3, Black Shark Torpedo, IDAS missiles and 24 external naval mines (optional)

U-35 (S185) is a Type 212A submarine of the German Navy. She is the fifth ship of the class to enter service.

She was laid down in August 2007 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, launched in November 2011 and commissioned on 23 March 2015. [6] She is under the patronage of the city of Zweibrücken, in Rhineland-Palatinate. Her sponsor is Sigrid Hubert-Reichling, wife of the Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken, Helmut Reichling. [6]

Service

U-35 is currently part of the 1st Ubootgeschwader , based in Eckernförde. In January 2015 Der Spiegel reported that significant problems had been found with U-35 and her sister submarine U-36. The drive shaft system, battery, radar and the radio buoy were all found to be malfunctioning. [7] [8]

In October 2017 U-35 entered dock at the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems yard at, Kiel for inspection after damaging her rudder during deep water testing in the Kattegat off Kristiansand. She had been operating in Norwegian waters prior to 15 October carrying out operational tests. [9]

From 12 June 2021 to 14 December 2021, U-35 participated in Operation Irini. [10] [11]

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  6. 1 2 Presse- und Informationszentrum Marine (16 November 2011). "Hightech hat einen Namen – U 35" (in German). Bundeswehr. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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  10. ↑ "Uboot "U 35" nimmt an EU-Operation "Irini" im Mittelmeer teil". www.presseportal.de. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "U-Boot "U35" kehrt aus EU-Einsatz "Irini" wieder". www.presseportal.de. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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