Type XXVI Submarine (Advanced Elektroboot)
Advanced Elektroboot - Never Completed! - 0 boats built (paper ship): Cancelled 1945. ADVANCED ELEKTROBOOT! Beyond Type XXI capabilities. 20 KNOTS SUBMERGED (projected - improved over Type XXI 17 kts!). Walter HTP hybrid considered (diesel + HTP auxiliary for high-speed bursts!). 1800 tons surfaced, 6× torpedo tubes, 26 torpedoes (3 more than Type XXI!), 15-minute reload (improved from 20!). 18,000 nm range (projected - best elektroboot endurance!). 500 ft diving depth (deeper than Type XXI 440 ft!). Ultra-streamlined hull. Advanced automation. NEVER COMPLETED - war ended May 1945 before construction began. Paper ship only (designs existed, no boats built).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 842 t
- Displacement (full)
- 2100 (submerged) t
- Length
- 184.4 ft
- Beam
- 17.9 ft
- Crew
- 60
- Ships built
- 0 (paper ship - never completed)
- Commissioned
- Never (war ended before construction)
- Decommissioned
- N/A (cancelled 1945)
Performance
- Top speed
- 11 kn
- Range
- 18000 nm at 10 knots surfaced (projected)
Armament
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- 6× 53.3cm bow (automated loading)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 49.75
- Research cost
- 9,850
- Credit cost
- 34,825
Notable
- ADVANCED ELEKTROBOOT! (beyond Type XXI!)
- 20 KNOTS SUBMERGED! (projected - faster than Type XXI 17!)
- Walter HTP hybrid consideration (diesel + HTP auxiliary!)
- 26 torpedoes carried (3 more than Type XXI!)
- 15-minute reload (improved from 20 minutes!)
- 18,000 nm range (projected - best elektroboot!)
- 500 ft diving depth (deeper than Type XXI 440 ft!)
- Ultra-streamlined hull (refined Type XXI design)
- Advanced automation (reduced crew workload)
- NEVER COMPLETED! (war ended May 1945)
- Paper ship (design only, no construction)