German submarine ''U-10'' was a Type IIB

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built before

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for service in

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's '' Kriegsmarine''. As she was one of the first batch of boats built following the renunciation of the

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, she was only capable of coastal and short cruising work. This led to her being reassigned to training duties after the Norwegian campaign of 1940 together with many of her sister boats. After almost five years she was stricken on 1 August 1944 at Danzig (now Gdańsk) and

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Design

German Type IIB submarine The Type II U-boat was designed by Nazi Germany as a coastal U-boat, modeled after the CV-707 submarine, which was designed by the Dutch dummy company NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw Den Haag (I.v.S) (set up by Germany after World War I ...

s were enlarged versions of the original Type IIs. ''U-10'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. Officially, the standard tonnage was , however. The U-boat had a total length of , a

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length of , a

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of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two MWM RS 127 S four-stroke, six-cylinder

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s of for cruising, two

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PG VV 322/36 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-10'' was fitted with three

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s at the bow, five

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es or up to twelve Type A torpedo mines, and a anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a

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of twentyfive.

Operational history

''U-10'' was one of the first batch of submarines to be assigned to an operational unit of the ''Kriegsmarine'', serving with the

1st U-boat Flotilla The 1st U-boat flotilla (German ''1. Unterseebootsflottille'') also known as the Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy). Founded on 27 September 1935 under the command of ''Fregattenkap ...

, at the time known as the ''Weddigen'' Flotilla.

Summary of raiding history

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:U0010 German Type II submarines U-boats commissioned in 1935 World War II submarines of Germany 1935 ships Ships built in Kiel