HNoMS Kaura at the Laboe Naval Memorial |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: | Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Built: | 1940–1945 |
| In commission: | 1948–? |
| Preserved: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type VII submarine |
| Displacement: | 769 long tons (781 t) surfaced 871 long tons (885 t) submerged 1,070 long tons (1,087 t) total |
| Length: | 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric 2 × Diesel engines 3,200 hp (2,386 kW) Electric motors 750 hp (559 kW) |
| Speed: | 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 14,500 nmi (26,900 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 125 nmi (232 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Complement: | 44-52 men |
| Armament: | • 5 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) • 14 × torpedoes • 1 × 88 mm/45 deck gun with 220 rounds |
The Norwegian K class submarines are a class of three submarines the Royal Norwegian Navy received from Germany in 1948 as Allied war spoils. They were built as the Type VIIC/41 U-boat from 1940 to 1945. The ships were named HNoMS Kya, HNoMS Kinn and HNoMS Kaura. Kaura was returned to Germany in 1971 as a museum ship. It is the only surviving Type VII in the world.
The German type VIIC/41 was a slightly modified version of the successful VIIC and had the same armament and engines. The difference was a stronger pressure hull and lighter machinery to compensate for the added steel in the hull, making them actually slightly lighter than the VIIC. A total of 91 were built.