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U Class (1947-1959)
(In English: n/a)

The submarine U 1 (SPRINGEREN) after removal of the deck gun
and installation of the snorkel device.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarines

Class:

U Class, later SPRINGEREN Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

U 1/S321

U 1 - SPRINGEREN

10/11/1942

06/16/1947

11/19/1957

U 2/S322

U 2 - STØREN

12/28/1943

09/19/1947

01/29/1959

U 3/S323

U 3 - SÆLEN

08/19/1944

02/18/1947

01/16/1958

Comments to the Class

U 1 is one of the British U type submarines, U 2 and U 3 are British V type subs. The 3 subs were leased from the Royal Navy in 1946 for a period of 3 years.

The lease was prolonged several times until the first delivery of Danish newly built subs (the DELFINEN Class) took place.

Specifications

Built by:

Vickers-Armstrongs, England

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

U 1: 644 tons, 732 tons (submerged)
U 2 og  U 3: 662 tons, 735 tons (submerged)

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

60.95 - 62.80 m

4.90 m

4.50 m

Complement:

36 men

Propulsion:

2 ea Davey Paxman diesel engines
       - U 1: 615 Hp, U 2 and  U 3: 800 Hp
2 ea Electro engines - U 1: 825 Hp, U 2 and  U 3: 760 Hp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

5,200 nautical miles at 8.5 knots (U 1)

Armament:

1 ea 76 mm Gun K M/36 Sa (removed after 1953)
3 ea 7,7 mm Machine guns (later removed)
4 ea 533 mm Torpedo tubes (fore) (totally 8 torpedoes)

- a number of mines could be carried in stead of torpedoes

Speed:

Surface: U 1: 12.5 knots - U 2 and  U 3: 13 knots
Submerged: U 1: 8.5 knots - U 2 and  U 3: 9 knots

Additional Notes

n/a

More Photos

U 2 (STØREN) shown here after removal of the deck gun in 1953.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

The sub U 1 (SPRINGEREN) is seen here before 1951, behind you could get a glimpse of one of the other U Class subs.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

U 3 (SÆLEN) in icy conditions at Holmen.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

Sources:

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Flådens skibe 1950, by R. Steen Steensen, Det Schønbergske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1950

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Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

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U-både gennem 75 år - Det danske ubådsvåben 1909-84, by Hans Chr. Bjerg, Hans Chr. Dahlerup Koch and P. B. Nielsen, Forlaget Forum, 1984

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Vore Undervandsbåde gennem 50 år (1909-1959), by Commander s.g. R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskabs Skrift no. 5, forlaget Ejnar Munksgaard, 1960