U-boat types

This section contain technical details on all the German U-boat types; Builders, Werk numbers, Order dates and detailed drawings of all types, and many other interesting details.



The former type XXI boat U-2540, now a museum at Bremerhaven.

The German U-boats of WWII varied from relatively simple boats little changed from WWI to the highly advanced and ahead of its time Elektro boats of types XXI and XXIII plus many even more advanced research projects.

Coastal boats
IIA IIB IIC IID  

Long Range boats
IX IXB
Most successful		 IXC IXC/40 IXD

Atlantic boats
VIIA VIIB VIIC
The workhorse		 VIIC/41 VIIC/42

Various boats
IA VIID
Mine layers		 VIIF
Torpedo transports		 U-Flak
Aircraft traps		  

Special boats
X B
Mine layers		 XIV
Supply boats		 XXI
Elektro boat		 XXIII
Elektro boat		  

Walter U-boats
V 80
Prototype		 XVIIA
Research boats		 XVIIB
Research boats		 XVIII  

A Table of all U-boats and their types

German Midget Submarines

U-boat projects and proposals

16 U-boat types never built.