Class overview | |
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Builders | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Type U 9 |
Succeeded by | U-16 |
Completed | 3 |
Lost | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 57.88 m (189 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 3.44 m (11 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 25 men |
Armament | 4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern) with 6 torpedoes |
Type U13 was a class of U-boats built during World War I by the Kaiserliche Marine.
Type U 13s had an overall length of 57.88 m (189 ft 11 in) The boats' beam was 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in), the draught was 3.44 m (11 ft 3 in). The boats displaced 516 tonnes (508 long tons) when surfaced and 644 t (634 long tons) when submerged. [1]
Type U 13s were fitted with two Körting 6-cylinder and two 8-cylinder two-stroke paraffin engines with a total of 1,200 metric horsepower (883 kW ; 1,184 bhp ) for use on the surface and two SSW double-acting electric motors with a total of 760 kW (1,033 PS; 1,019 shp) for underwater use. These engines powered two shafts, which gave the boats a top surface speed of 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph), and 10.7 knots (19.8 km/h; 12.3 mph) when submerged. Cruising range was 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) on the surface and 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged. [1] Diving depth was 50 m (164 ft 1 in).
The U-boats were armed with four 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, two fitted in the bow and two in the stern, and carried six torpedoes. The boats' complement was 4 officers and 25 enlisted. [1]
Name | launched [2] | commissioned [2] | ships sunk [2] | Fate [1] |
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U-13 | 16 December 1910 | 25 April 1912 | none | Sunk on 12 August 1914 in the North Sea. |
U-14 | 11 July 1911 | 25 April 1912 | none | Sunk on 5 June 1915 in the North Sea. |
U-15 | 18 September 1911 | 7 July 1912 | none | Sunk on 9 August 1914 in the North Sea. |