U-93 Class Modernization (1918 Refit)
10.5cm Gun Upgrade - 1918 Refit - 24 boats modernized 1918: U-93 to U-116 (entire U-93 class!). WWI U-BOAT MODERNIZATION! 10.5cm SK L/45 gun upgrade (from original 8.8cm!). Enhanced surface combat capability responding to armed merchant cruisers. Maintained 1000 tons surfaced, 6× 50cm torpedo tubes, 16 torpedoes, 16.8 knots surfaced/9.1 knots submerged, 9000 nm range. 24 boats modernized 1918 (war's final year). All boats post-war scrapped under Treaty of Versailles 1919-1920. Increased firepower for late-war surface engagements.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 838 t
- Displacement (full)
- 1240 (submerged) t
- Length
- 234.7 ft
- Beam
- 20.3 ft
- Crew
- 39
- Ships built
- 24 (refits of existing U-93 class)
- Commissioned
- 1918
- Decommissioned
- 1919-1920 (post-WWI decommissioning)
Performance
- Top speed
- 16.8 kn
- Range
- 9000 nm at 8 knots surfaced
Armament
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- 6× 50cm (4 bow, 2 stern)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 5.06
- Research cost
- 111
- Credit cost
- 3,542
Notable
- WWI U-BOAT MODERNIZATION! (1918 refit!)
- 10.5cm SK L/45 gun upgrade (from 8.8cm!)
- Enhanced surface combat capability
- 24 boats modernized (entire U-93 class!)
- Late-war firepower increase
- Responded to armed merchant cruisers
- Maintained 16 torpedoes + enhanced gun
- All boats modernized 1918 (war's final year)
- Post-war boats scrapped under Treaty of Versailles