Mittel U was a class of
U-boat
U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare role ...
s built during
World War I
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by the
Kaiserliche Marine.
Mittel U U-boats carried 16
torpedo
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es and had various arrangements of
deck guns. Some had only one 88mm gun while others had a single 105mm gun - but most had both originally. In 1917 some of the boats were refitted with a single 105mm gun.
They carried a crew of 39 and had excellent seagoing abilities with a cruising range of around 11,220 miles. Many arrangements from the Mittel U were also seen on the
World War II
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Type IX
The Type IX U-boat was designed by Nazi Germany's '' Kriegsmarine'' in 1935 and 1936 as a large ocean-going submarine for sustained operations far from the home support facilities. Type IX boats were briefly used for patrols off the eastern Un ...
U-boats when their design work took place 20 years later.
Between 1915 and 1919 46 were built, amongst them
''U-88'' with
Walther Schwieger
Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger (Wilhem Otto Walther Schwieger) (7 April 1885 – 5 September 1917) was a U-boat commander in the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine'') during First World War. In 1915, he sank the passenger liner wi ...
as commander and
''U-103'' with
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.
List of Type Mittel U submarines
There were 46 Type Mittel U submarines commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine.
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SM ''U-81''
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SM ''U-82''
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SM ''U-83''
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SM ''U-84''
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SM ''U-85''
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SM ''U-86''
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SM ''U-87''
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SM ''U-88''
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SM ''U-89''
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SM ''U-90''
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SM ''U-91''
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SM ''U-92''
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SM ''U-93''
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SM ''U-94''
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SM ''U-95''
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SM ''U-96''
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SM ''U-97''
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SM ''U-98''
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SM ''U-99''
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SM ''U-100''
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SM ''U-101''
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SM ''U-102''
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SM ''U-103''
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SM ''U-104''
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SM ''U-105''
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SM ''U-106''
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SM ''U-107''
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SM ''U-108''
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SM ''U-109''
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SM ''U-110''
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SM ''U-111''
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SM ''U-112''
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SM ''U-113''
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SM ''U-114''
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SM ''U-135''
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SM ''U-136''
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SM ''U-137''
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SM ''U-138''
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SM ''U-160''
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SM ''U-161''
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SM ''U-162''
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SM ''U-163''
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SM ''U-164''
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SM ''U-165''
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SM ''U-166''
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SM ''U-167''
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Submarine classes
World War I submarines of Germany
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