Saar
First Purpose-Built U-boat Tender - Saar was first German submarine tender designed from keel up for U-boat support. Built 1933-1934 at Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 1900 t
- Displacement (full)
- 3250 t
- Length
- 295.3 ft
- Crew
- 232
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1934-10-01
- Decommissioned
- 1976-02-26
Performance
- Top speed
- 17 kn
- Range
- 5000 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 61.65
- Research cost
- 21,701
- Credit cost
- 43,155
Notable
- First purpose-built U-boat tender in Kriegsmarine history
- Dedicated workshops, fuel, ammunition, provisions
- Served Karl Dönitz's first U-boat flotilla 1935
- Survived war—served French Navy 28 years as Gustave Zédé