Re: At the shipyard - Building a U Boat.
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 4:19 pm
Hello to all ; more..........................
German shipyards and the evolution of the U-bootwaffe (1932-1939). Type I A.
Going back a little bit with the Type (from II to I) but chronologically following the evolution in time, here appears another great shipyard that had active participation in the reconstruction of the submarine force. The participation of the shipyard Deschimag AG Weser, Bremen in the construction of U boats began in 1934 with an order of two Type I A submarines; these boats were U 25 and U 26 (ordered on December 17, 1934, were commisioned during 1936). However, the originally planned construction of additional submarines of this type, was canceled because Dönitz selected as the backbone of his force the smaller Type VII.
Also from the German Naval Command was selected the shipyard Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen as another of the shipyards for the new U boat Branch. At first, in the years 1934/1935, the monthly construction of a Type I A submersible was planned, but then, in 1936, the construction program was changed to one or two U boats per month of Type VII.
The Type I A was a single-hull deep-sea submersible with large ballast tanks at each side. Derived directly from the Turkish U boat Gür (Ex Spanish E1, built in 1932 in Spain with a German design). This type then served as a model for the development of the U boat Type IX.
In the construction of the U boats Type I A, intervened a single shipyard, Deschimag AG Weser, Bremen (2 units). The batch of submersibles of this type planned to be built by the shipyard Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen, was canceled.
Sources: Vom Original zum Modell. Uboot Typ II.
Http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/bau/werften/index-w.html
Http://www.t2balli.de/index.php/modellb ... -weltkrieg
Cheers. Raúl M .
German shipyards and the evolution of the U-bootwaffe (1932-1939). Type I A.
Going back a little bit with the Type (from II to I) but chronologically following the evolution in time, here appears another great shipyard that had active participation in the reconstruction of the submarine force. The participation of the shipyard Deschimag AG Weser, Bremen in the construction of U boats began in 1934 with an order of two Type I A submarines; these boats were U 25 and U 26 (ordered on December 17, 1934, were commisioned during 1936). However, the originally planned construction of additional submarines of this type, was canceled because Dönitz selected as the backbone of his force the smaller Type VII.
Also from the German Naval Command was selected the shipyard Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen as another of the shipyards for the new U boat Branch. At first, in the years 1934/1935, the monthly construction of a Type I A submersible was planned, but then, in 1936, the construction program was changed to one or two U boats per month of Type VII.
The Type I A was a single-hull deep-sea submersible with large ballast tanks at each side. Derived directly from the Turkish U boat Gür (Ex Spanish E1, built in 1932 in Spain with a German design). This type then served as a model for the development of the U boat Type IX.
In the construction of the U boats Type I A, intervened a single shipyard, Deschimag AG Weser, Bremen (2 units). The batch of submersibles of this type planned to be built by the shipyard Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen, was canceled.
Sources: Vom Original zum Modell. Uboot Typ II.
Http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/bau/werften/index-w.html
Http://www.t2balli.de/index.php/modellb ... -weltkrieg
Cheers. Raúl M .