Type VII submarine

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
torpedo tubes
deck gun
gptkbp:beam 6.2 meters (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:builder German shipyards including Germaniawerft, Blohm & Voss, and others
gptkbp:commissioned 1936
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crewComplement 44–52
gptkbp:displacementSubmerged 871 tonnes (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:displacementSurfaced 769 tonnes (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:draught 4.74 meters (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:fate most lost in combat or scuttled
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Type VII submarine
gptkbp:lastCommissioned 1945
gptkbp:length approximately 67 meters (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 17.7 knots (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:maximumSpeedSubmerged 7.6 knots (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:museumBoat U-995 (Laboe, Germany)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:marine
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
mainstay of German U-boat fleet
most produced submarine class in history
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:U-552
gptkb:U-47
gptkb:U-995
gptkb:U-96
gptkbp:notableVariant gptkb:Type_VIIB
gptkb:Type_VIID
gptkb:Type_VIIF
gptkb:Type_VIIC
gptkb:Type_VIIC/41
Type VIIA
gptkbp:numberBuilt 703
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Type_II_submarine
gptkbp:primaryUse gptkb:marine
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:rangeSubmerged 80 nautical miles at 4 knots (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:rangeSurfaced 8,500 nautical miles at 10 knots (Type VIIC)
gptkbp:successor Type XXI submarine
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Type_IX
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5