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U-50-class submarine

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design called for six 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes—four bow tubes and two stern tubes—and carried a complement of nine torpedoes. The original design specified two 10 cm/35 (3.9 in)
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840 t (930 short tons) surfaced and 1,100 t (1,200 short tons) submerged. The boats were to be about 241 feet (73 m) long with a
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Shortages of skilled shipyard workers and materials slowed construction of the boats, and as a result, neither of the first two boats was ever
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Project 835 design on 11 July 1915 in order to build under license in Austria-Hungary. The plans called for a submarine that
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of 2,300 bhp (1,700 kW) (total) for surface running at up to 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h), and twin
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of 12 feet 11 inches (3.94 m). For propulsion, the design featured two shafts, with twin
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of 1,200 shp (890 kW) (total) for submerged travel at up to 9 knots (16.7 km/h). The
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focused its efforts on building a U-boat fleet for local defense within the
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6 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern); 9 torpedoes
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was only 60% complete. Both boats had been scrapped in place in 1920.
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To that end, the Austro-Hungarian Navy purchased plans for the
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in February 1916. Only two of the planned four boats were
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received authorization to build two boats of the class,
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Planned Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines during WWI
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Index

Ganz Danubius
Fiume
Austro-Hungarian Navy
U-48-class submarine
U-52-class submarine
submarine
diesel engines
electric motors
deck guns
class
submarines
U-boats
Austro-Hungarian Navy
German
World War I
Germaniawerft
Ganz Danubius
Fiume
laid down
launched
scrapped
Austria-Hungary
World War I
Austro-Hungarian Navy
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Germaniawerft
displaced
beam
draft

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