SMS U1 UNTERSEEBOOT IN DOCK 32

SMS U1 THE FIRST GERMAN SUBMARINE ( UNTERSEEBOOT ) 1906

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS SECTION WITH WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS ( MUCH TO BE UPGRADED )

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PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

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Name: U 1
Ordered: 3 December 1904
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Cost: 1,905,000 Goldmark
Yard number: 119
Laid down: October 1905
Launched: 4 August 1906
Commissioned: 14 December 1906
Decommissioned: 19 February 1919

Fate: sold to Germaniawerft, donated to Deutsches Museum

Status: On display in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany

General characteristics
Class and type: German Type U 1 submarine
Displacement:

238 t (234 long tons) surfaced
283 t (279 long tons) submerged

Length:

42.39 m (139 ft 1 in) (o/a)
32.50 m (106 ft 8 in) (pressure hull)

Beam: 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in)
Draught: 3.17 m (10 ft 5 in)
Installed power:

2 × Körting 6-cylinder two stroke kerosene motor with a total of 400 PS (294 kW; 395 shp)
2 × modyn by Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke Aachen with a total of 400 PS (294 kW; 395 shp)

500 rpm surfaced
500 rpm submerged

Propulsion:

2 shafts
2 × 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in) propellers

Speed:

10.8 knots (20.0 km/h; 12.4 mph) surfaced
8.7 knots (16.1 km/h; 10.0 mph) submerged

Range:

1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)

Test depth: 30 m (98 ft)
Complement: 2 officers, 10 men (later 3/19)
Armament: 1 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tube with 3 C/03 torpedoes

Service record
Part of: Imperial German Navy
Operations: 0 patrols
Victories: No ships sunk or damaged

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