Type IA Submarine (Post-Versailles Experimental)
First Post-Versailles Ocean-Going - Experimental Return - 2 boats commissioned 1936: U-25, U-26. FIRST POST-VERSAILLES OCEAN-GOING SUBMARINE! Germany's return to submarine construction after Treaty of Versailles restrictions ended (1935). 862 tons surfaced, 6× 53.3cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern), 14 torpedoes carried, 17.8 knots surfaced/8.3 knots submerged. 7,900 nm range (ocean-going), 1× 10.5cm SK C/32 + 1× 2cm Flak. 2 experimental boats tested features for Type VII and Type IX development. Post-Versailles rearmament era. Both lost in combat 1940.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 862 t
- Displacement (full)
- 983 (submerged) t
- Length
- 237.5 ft
- Beam
- 20.4 ft
- Crew
- 43
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1936
- Decommissioned
- 1940 (both lost in combat)
Performance
- Top speed
- 18.6 kn
- Range
- 7900 nm at 10 knots surfaced
Armament
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- 6× 53.3cm (4 bow, 2 stern)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 14.26
- Research cost
- 314
- Credit cost
- 9,982
Notable
- FIRST POST-VERSAILLES OCEAN-GOING SUBMARINE!
- Germany's return to submarine construction
- 2 experimental boats (U-25, U-26)
- 862 tons surfaced (larger than WWI U-93!)
- 14 torpedoes (modern capacity)
- 6× 53.3cm tubes (WWII standard)
- Tested features for Type VII/IX
- 7,900 nm range (ocean-going)
- 17.8 knots surfaced (fast!)
- Post-Versailles rearmament era