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U206

IOC: 1973
Total Production: 16

U206A

Also Known As: Kobben (Norwegian Navy), Sokol (Polish Navy), Tumleren (Danish Navy), U205, U206, U207

Origin:Germany

Contractor/s: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH

Description: U206, also known as Type 206, is a class of small diesel-electric powered coastal submarines operated by the Navy of Germany. HDW shipyards built 16 submarines in the 1970s for Germany. With a displacement of 520 tons submerged U206 boats are equipped with eight torpedo tubes, 16 torpedoes and a crew of 22. In the 1990s the surviving 206 boats were upgraded to the U206A standard. The German Navy plans call for the U212 class submarines to be replacement for U206s.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 22

Number of Weapons: 16

Dimensions: Length 48.6 m

Weights: Max Weight 520 t

Power: Power 2,300 shp

Other: Torpedo Tubes 8

Related Equipment
Torpedoes: DM2A3 (16)

Applications
U209 Operators

see operators map

Denmark / Decommissioned

ex-Norwegian submarines

Germany / 16 / Decommissioned

As of	Holdings
2006	10

Norway / Decommissioned

Poland / 4

ex-Danish Type 207 submarines

Ships

S171 U22

Commissioning: 1974

S173 U23

Commissioning: 1975

S173 U24

Commissioning: 1974

S174 U25

Commissioning: 1974

S176 U26 / Decommissioned

Commissioning: 1975

S177 U27

Commissioning: 1974

S178 U28 / Decommissioned

Commissioning: 1974

S179 U30

Commissioning: 1975

S194 U15

Commissioning: 1974

S195 U16

Commissioning: 1973

S196 U17

Commissioning: 1973

S197 U18

Commissioning: 1973

294 ORP Sokol

Commissioning: Tuesday, June 04, 2002

295 ORP Sep

Commissioning: Friday, August 16, 2002

296 ORP Bielik

Commissioning: Monday, September 08, 2003

297 ORP Kondor

Commissioning: Wednesday, October 20, 2004

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2008

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