Type XXI submarine

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:builder Howaldtswerke
gptkbp:combat_role anti-shipping warfare
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1944
gptkbp:crew extensive training required
gptkbp:crew_capacity 4 officers and 40 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 1960s
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:depth 300 meters
gptkbp:design_features streamlined hull
gptkbp:design_influence modern submarines
Cold War submarines
gptkbp:design_purpose long-range patrol
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:displacement 1,600 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:fuselage_material gptkb:steel
gptkbp:has_ability limited due to late war introduction
gptkbp:has_limitations limited surface speed
gptkbp:historical_significance advanced design for its time
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Type XXI submarine
gptkbp:introduced_in gptkb:1944
gptkbp:launch_date 1943
gptkbp:legacy influenced submarine warfare tactics
considered a revolutionary submarine design
gptkbp:length 76.7 meters
gptkbp:lighting high-capacity
gptkbp:max_speed 17.2 knots
gptkbp:military_technology some used by other navies
gptkbp:notable_case sank several Allied ships
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Wolfgang_Lüth
gptkbp:notable_feature schnorchel
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:6
G7es
23 torpedoes
gptkbp:number_built 118
gptkbp:operational_period gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:operational_theater gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:perihelion gptkb:high-angle_periscope
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:electric_vehicles
gptkbp:range 15,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:service 1960s
gptkbp:signature very low
gptkbp:sonar active and passive sonar
gptkbp:speed 6 knots
gptkbp:stealth_features low noise signature
silenced propulsion system
gptkbp:successor Type XXIII submarine
gptkbp:used_by gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Z-32
gptkb:Type_VIIC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6