German Type Large MS submarine

Class overview

Builders:	AG Weser, Bremen, Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Operators:	Kaiserliche Marine
Preceded by:	Type 93
Subclasses:	U 131 group, U 135 group
Planned:	8
Completed:	2
Cancelled:	6
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,221 tonnes (1,202 long tons) surfaced 1,649 tonnes (1,623 long tons) submerged (U 131 group)^[1] 1,175 tonnes (1,156 long tons) surfaced 1,534 tonnes (1,510 long tons) submerged (U 135 group)^[2]
Length:	83.5 m (273 ft 11 in) (o/a)^[2] 65.57 m (215 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)^[2]
Beam:	7.54 m (24 ft 9 in) (o/a)^[2] 4.85 m (15 ft 11 in) (pressure hull)^[2]
Height:	9.46 m (31 ft 0 in)^[2]
Draught:	4.26 m (14 ft 0 in)^[2]
Propulsion:	3,500 hp (2,600 kW) surfaced 1,690 hp (1,260 kW) submerged^[2]
Speed:	17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph) surfaced, and 8.1 knots (15.0 km/h; 9.3 mph) submerged^[2]
Range:	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 8 kn surfaced, and 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 4.5 kn submerged
Test depth:	75 m (246 ft 1 in)
Complement:	46 men^[2]
Armament:	Four 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes forward and two 50 cm torpedo tubes aft with 14 torpedoes. Two 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun with 540 rounds^[1]

The German Type Large MS Submarine was intended for deep sea usage and was very seaworthy, relatively comfortable and had average maneuverability.^[3]

List of Type Large MS submarines^[1]
Boat	Fate
U-131	incomplete BU
U-132	incomplete BU
U-133	incomplete BU
U-134	incomplete BU
U-135	sank under tow to England
U-136	French war reparation, scrapped in Cherbourg 1922
U-137	broken up in Germany
U-138	broken up in Germany

References

Citations

1 2 3 Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921, Volume 2. Conway Maritime Press 1985, p 179
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Uboat.net type Large MS
↑ Erich Gröner (December 1985). German Warships, 1815-1945. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-593-7.

Bibliography

Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.

German naval ship classes of World War I

Dreadnought battleships	Nassau Helgoland Kaiser König Bayern L 20 α^X

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brandenburg Kaiser Friedrich III Wittelsbach Braunschweig Deutschland

Battlecruisers	SMS Von der Tann^S Moltke SMS Seydlitz^S Derfflinger Mackensen^X Ersatz Yorck^X

Armored cruisers	SMS Fürst Bismarck^S SMS Prinz Heinrich^S Prinz Adalbert Roon Scharnhorst SMS Blücher^S

Light cruisers	SMS Hela^S Gazelle Bremen Königsberg Dresden Nautilus Kolberg Magdeburg Karlsruhe Graudenz Pillau Wiesbaden Königsberg Brummer Cöln FK proposals^X

Protected cruisers	SMS Kaiserin Augusta^S Victoria Louise

Large torpedo boats	1898 1906 1911 1913 1914 1916 1916 1917 1918^X

Aircraft carriers	"I"^X

U-boats	U 1 U 2 U 3 U 5 U 9 U 13 U 16 U 17 U 19 U 23 U 27 U 31 U 43 U 51 U 57 U 63 U 66 U 81 U 87 U 93 U 115^X U 127 U 139 U 142 U 151 UA UB I UB II UB III UC I UC II UC III UD 1^X UE I UE II UF^X UG^X

S Single ship of class X Cancelled V Conversions See also: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy

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