Type XXI submarine - Wikipedia
WEBType XXI submarines were a class of German diesel–electric Elektroboot (German: "electric boat") submarines designed during the Second World War. One hundred and eighteen were completed, with four being combat-ready.
Phantom of the Deep: Germany’s Underwater Wonder Weapon - HistoryNet
WEBJul 11, 2017 · Of most interest to the U.S. Navy was a submarine capable of operating submerged continuously for days on end—the Type XXI U-boat. Americans had known of its existence for nearly two years, after the British had passed along sketchy intelligence about a “fast submarine.”
German Type XXI U-Boat Elektroboat UBoat - history, …
WEBDevelopment history, specification, combat service and photos of the revolutionary Elektroboat - Type XXI U-boat.
Type XXI Elektro boats - U-boat Types - German U-boats of …
WEBShe was the first real combat submarine that was meant to dwell in the deep and not just retreat to it once in danger. These boats had much better crew facilities than previous classes, much more silent underwater, freezer for foodstuffs, a …
Type XXI - Deutsches U-Boot-Museum
WEBThis type was called “Big Elelectric Boat”, a true submarine with a threefold battery capacity compared to standard U-boat types, a streamlined hull. The pressure hull had a profile formed like an eight with an upper diameter of 5.3 m and a lower diameter of 3.5 m.
Type XXI U-Boat Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine - Military Factory
WEBJan 8, 2018 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the Type XXI U-Boat Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine including pictures.
Typ XXI - German Navy
WEBThe Typ XXI was the answer to the increasing danger to German U-Boats by allied anti submarine forces in the second half of the war. Due to their powerful electrical engines and hydrodynamical shaped hull, those very advanced submarines were …
The Wonder of the Walter Boat - Warfare History Network
WEBThis new Type XXI boat proved to be the first true submarine, and an intermediate stage between the then-traditional submersible U-boats and later submarines running with atomic reactors. The naval high command gave a quick go ahead, and detailed theoretical calculations were completed by January 1943.
WEBThe Type XXI U-boat. Marcus O. Jones. origins of this article lie in a new study of the Nazi German economy by Adam Tooze, a fragment of which argues that the need to overcome the technological deficit built by the Western Allies in antisubmarine warfare from 1939 triggered a major shift in U-boat design and production after 1943 1 Tooze points ...
U-boat Type XXI - Wehrmacht History
WEBThe Type XXI U-boat had an extremely streamlined hull design which allowed for very high underwater speed, which gave this class of U-boat the ability to outrun many surface ships while underwater, combined with much improved dive times, made it a good deal harder chase and destroy.