Type 201 submarine

The Type 201 was Germany's first U-boat class built after
World War II.

Design
They were built out of amagnetic steel to counter the threat of Class overview
magnetic naval mines, but the material had been insufficiently Builders Howaldtswerke, Kiel,
tested and proved to be problematic in service with the
Germany
Bundesmarine. Microscopic cracks in the pressure hull forced
the cancellation of nine of the twelve ordered submarines and Operators German Navy
Royal Norwegian
Navy
Preceded by Type XXIII U-boat
Succeeded by Type 205 U-boat
Built 1960–1962
In commission 1962–1967
Planned 12
Completed 3
Cancelled 9
Active 0
Retired 3
General characteristics
Type Coastal U-boat
Displacement 395 t (389 long tons)
surfaced
433 t (426 long tons)
submerged
Length 42.40 m (139 ft 1 in)
Beam 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
Draft 3.80 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed 880 kilowatts
power (1,180 hp) diesel
generator
Propulsion 1,100 kilowatts
(1,500 hp) electric
motor
the rebuilding of the first two boats as Type 205 submarines. Speed 10.7 knots
Responsible for the design and construction was the (19.8 km/h;
Ingenieurkontor Lübeck (IKL) headed by Ulrich Gabler.
12.3 mph), surfaced;
17.5 knots
List of boats (32.4 km/h;
20.1 mph),
submerged
Range 3,800 nautical miles
(7,000 km;
4,400 mi), surfaced;
270 nautical miles
(500 km; 310 mi) at
3 knots (5.6 km/h;
3.5 mph),
submerged
Test depth 100 metres (330 ft)
Complement 21
Sensors and sonar, radar,
processing periscope, GHG
systems
Armament 8 × 533 millimetres
(21.0 in) torpedo
tubes,
8 torpedoes (no
reloads) or
16 naval mines

Pennant Laid Com- Decom-

Name Shipyard Launched fate
number down missioned missioned
8 June 2 October 20 March 22 June
S180 U-1 Howaldtswerke scrapped 1967
1960 1961 1962 1963

1 25
3 May 15 August
S181 U-2 Howaldtswerke September January scrapped 1967
1962 1963
1960 1962

intentionally
destroyed in trials
15 in high pressure
12 October 7 May 20 June
S182 U-3 Howaldtswerke September chamber "Dock C"
1960 1962 1964
1967 (Marinearsenal
Kiel 1971),
scrapped
U-3 was loaned to the Royal Norwegian Navy and served under the name Kobben from 1962 to 1964
before being commissioned in the German Navy.

References
Karr, Hans (2014). Deutsche Uboote seit 1956 (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuch.
ISBN 9783613037083.
Taucher.net (https://web.archive.org/web/20070312023831/http://www.taucher.net/redaktion/
58/show.html?topic=6&sub=1) (in German)

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