Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-926

Type VIIC submarine

German submarine U-926
Ragge Strand — National Archives of Norway (Riksarkivet) — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate Bildet er hentet fra Arkivverket. Ubåt, K.N.M. Kya. NÅ nr. 17, 1955 Arkivinstitusjon : Riksarkivet Arkivnavn : Billedbladet NÅ Sted : Norge, Ukjent, Ukjent Emneord: Ubåter, Menn, Maritimt Avbildet:

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-92629 February 1944 — 9 May 1945436 days of the war
  2. Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Kya (S307)10 January 1949 — 1962
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-926
Builder
Neptun Werft AG, Rostock
Ordered
25 August 1941
Laid down
1 July 1942
Launched
28 December 1943
Commissioned
29 February 1944
Fate
Retired in 1962 (1962)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
757 long tons (769 t)
Displacement, submerged
857 long tons (871 t)
Length
67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
Beam
6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught
4.74 m (15.6 ft)
Speed
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Range
8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

U-926 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Neptun Werft AG, Rostock on 1 July 1942. Launched on 28 December 1943, she entered service on 29 February 1944.

Her class ran to 612 ships. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).

The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots.

Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.

She served with the Kriegsmarine as U-926 until 9 May 1945. She then passed to the Royal Norwegian Navy, serving as HNoMS Kya (S307) from 10 January 1949. She was in commission for 436 days of the Second World War.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
  • 750 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
  • 14 × torpedoes or
  • 26 TMA mines
  • 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
  • 2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from German submarine U-926 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Ragge Strand — National Archives of Norway (Riksarkivet) — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons