U-boat Types

Type IIB

20 boats commissioned

Construction history of type IIB

U-boats		Shipyard	Werk #	Built during
U-7 - U-12	6	F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel	541- 546	1934 - 1935
U-13 - U-16	4	Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel	248- 251	1935 - 1936
U-17 - U-24	8	F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel	547- 554	1935 - 1936
U-120 - U-121	2	Flender Werke AG, Lübeck	268- 269	1937 - 1940

All type IIB U-boats

Below you can see the 20 commissioned U-boats of this type.

U-7, U-8, U-9, U-10, U-11, U-12, U-13, U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17,
U-18, U-19, U-20, U-21, U-22, U-23, U-24, U-120, and U-121.

Technical information for type IIB

Displacement: (tons)	279 (sf) 328 (sm) 414 (total)
Length: (m)	42,70 oa 28,20 ph
Beam: (m)	4,08 oa 4,00 ph
Draught: (draft)	3,90 m
Height:	8,60 m
Power: (hp)	700 (sf) 360 (sm)

Speed: (knots)	13,0 (sf) 7,0 (sm)
Range: (miles / knots)	3100/8 (sf) 43/4 (sm)
Torpedoes:	5 3/0 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:	12 TMA
Deck gun:	No deck gun
Crew:	22-24 men
Max depth:	ca. 150 m (492 feet)

sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.

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