The German Type UE I submarine was an ocean-going single-hull submarine with
saddle tanks built by AG Vulkan in Hamburg and Kaiserliche Werft Danzig. The Type UE I was equipped with two six-cylinder Benz engines for for a surface top speed of to . Armed with a single
torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.
There are two main types of torpedo tube: underwater tubes fitted to submarines and some surface ships, and deck-mounted units (also referred to as torpedo launchers) installed aboa ...
forward and aft, plus one
SK L/30 deck gun (U-72 received a
SK L/45 gun in 1917), its main weapon were the 38 mines in two minelaying tubes. The boats were crewed by four officers and 28 men for a complement of 32.
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Submarine classes
German Type UE I submarines
World War I submarines of Germany
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