Kriegsmarine — Submarine class
Type IXA submarine
The class in numbers
- 8 Planned
- 8 Completed
- 6 Lost
- 2 Scrapped
Design and service
- Type
- Submarine
- Navy
- Kriegsmarine
- Built
- 1937–1939
- In commission
- 1938–1945
- Preceded by
- Type VII submarine
- Succeeded by
- Type IXB submarine
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,016 long tons (1,032 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,135 long tons (1,153 t)
- Length
- 76.5 m (251 ft) OA
- Speed
- 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
- Armament
- 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun (180 rounds)
- various AA guns
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| German submarine U-37 (1938) | 1938 | 1938 | Scuttled 1945 |
| German submarine U-38 (1938) | 1938 | 1938 | Scuttled 1945 |
| German submarine U-39 (1938) | 1938 | 1938 | Sunk 1939 |
| German submarine U-40 (1938) | 1938 | 1939 | Sunk 1939 |
| German submarine U-41 (1939) | 1939 | 1939 | Sunk 1940 |
| German submarine U-42 (1939) | 1939 | 1939 | Sunk 1939 |
| German submarine U-43 (1939) | 1939 | 1939 | Sunk 1943 |
| German submarine U-44 (1939) | 1939 | 1939 | Sunk 1940 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Type IXA submarine on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.