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U-boat Types

Type VIID

6 boats commissioned

Construction history of type VIID

Boats ShipyardWerk #Built during
U-213 - U-2186 Germaniawerft, Kiel645 - 6501940 - 1942

These boats, designed in 1939-1940, were basically a longer version of the type VIIC with additional SMA mine shafts just aft of the conning tower. They were armed with 12 torpedoes or 26 SMA mines (= 39 TMB) and had the 88mm deck gun with 220 rounds. They can be considered the forefathers of the big ballistic submarines of today. Another variant of the VII attack U-boats was the large type VIIF torpedo transports.

These boats did not fare very well with only 1 (U-218) out of 6 surviving the war and the other 5 all went down with all hands of a total of 241 men dead.


All type VIID U-boats

Below you can see the 6 commissioned U-boats of this type.

U-213, U-214, U-215, U-216, U-217, and U-218.


Technical information for type VIID


Displacement:
(tons)		 965 (sf)
1080 (sm)
1285 (total)
Length: (m) 76,90 oa
59,80 ph
Beam: (m) 6,38 oa
4,70 ph
Draught: (draft)5,01 m
Height:9,70 m
Power: (hp)3200 (sf)
750 (sm)
Speed:
(knots)		16,7 (sf)
7,3 (sm)
Range:
(miles / knots)		11200/10 (sf)
69/4 (sm)
Torpedoes:14
4/1 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines: 15 SMA
Deck gun: 88/45
220 rounds
Crew: 46-52 men
Max depth: ca. 200 m
(656 feet)
sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.

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