| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping in October 1920. |
| Length overall | 147 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 12 ft |
| Depth | 13 ft 4 inch |
| Displacement | 391 tons (surface) |
| 457 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 13 knots (design) |
| Surface 14 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 8.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | * Surface: 1200 miles at full power (design) |
| * Surface: 1130 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 74 miles at 5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 50 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 20 |
| Note | * These figures are accepted for V2 to V4, but V1 carried 6% more fuel and the endurance figures should be increased proportionately. |
Universal (P 57) |
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | U2 |
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Fate: Scrapped in June 1946 at Milford Haven. |
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U-571 Stars Matthew McCaughney, Bill Paxton and Jon-Bon Jovi.
A team of US soldiers are sent on a mission to sneak aboard a disabled German U-Boat to steal an encryption device that would give the Allies the edge they need to win the war. What they don't know is... Germans are on their way to answer the SOS as well.
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| Length overall | 147 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 12 ft |
| Depth | 13 ft 4 inch |
| Displacement | 391 tons (surface) |
| 457 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 13 knots (design) |
| Surface 14 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 8.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | * Surface: 1200 miles at full power (design) |
| * Surface: 1130 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 74 miles at 5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 50 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 20 |
| Note | * These figures are accepted for V2 to V4, but V1 carried 6% more fuel and the endurance figures should be increased proportionately. |
Universal (P 57) |
|
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | U2 |
|
Fate: Scrapped in June 1946 at Milford Haven. |
|
U-571 Stars Matthew McCaughney, Bill Paxton and Jon-Bon Jovi.
A team of US soldiers are sent on a mission to sneak aboard a disabled German U-Boat to steal an encryption device that would give the Allies the edge they need to win the war. What they don't know is... Germans are on their way to answer the SOS as well.
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