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List of U-boat types contains lists of the German U-boat types (submarine classes) used in World War I and World War II. The anglicized word U-boat is usually only used as reference for German submarines in the two World Wars and therefore postwar submarine in the Bundesmarine and later German Navy are not included.
SM. U-3. (Germany) Surrendered on 1 December 1918. Sank on the way to be broken up at Preston. SM U-3 was the third German U-boat created by the German Empire in their history, and the first of two submarines in its class. The boat was built by Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and was launched on 27 March 1909. On 17 January 1911, U-3 sank near Kiel ...
None. German submarine U-1 was the first U-boat (or submarine) built for Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine following Adolf Hitler 's abrogation of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1935, which banned Germany possessing a submarine force. A Type IIA U-boat, she was built at the Deutsche Werke shipyards in Kiel, yard number 236, her keel being ...
c. 5 – 6 April 1940. 4th patrol: 13 April – 2 May 1940. Victories: 3 merchant ships sunk. (1,825 GRT) German submarine U-17 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine. It was built in Germaniawerft, Kiel, where it was laid down on 1 July 1935 and commissioned on 3 December 1935, under the command of Werner Fresdorf .
Type UC II minelaying submarines were used by the Imperial German Navy during World War I. They displaced 417 tons, carried guns, 7 torpedoes and up to 18 mines. The ships were double-hulled with improved range and seakeeping compared to the UC I type. If judged only by the numbers of enemy vessels destroyed, the UC II is the most successful ...
26 – 31 May 1940. Victories: 9 merchant ships sunk. (28,056 GRT) 3 merchant ships damaged. (26,218 GRT) German submarine U-13 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine which was commissioned on 30 November 1936, following construction at the Deutsche Werke shipyards at Kiel. The first commander on board was Hans-Gerrit von ...
German submarine U-24 was a Type IIB U-boat that was in service of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 21 April 1936 at the F. Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel with yard number 554, launched on 24 September and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 10 October. Oberleutnant zur See Heinz Buchholz took command on 3 ...
The U-1 class consisted of two submarines or U-boats named U-1 and U-2, which were built for and operated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The U-1 -class boats were built to an American design at the navy yard in Pola. [1] The class was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Navy's efforts to competitively evaluate three foreign submarine designs.