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Johnny E. Balsved

U1 - SPRINGEREN (1947-1957)
(In English: n/a)

The submarine U 1.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

U Class, later SPRINGEREN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine U 2/STØREN (1947-1959)
Submarine U 3/SÆLEN (1947-1958)

Specifications

Built by:

Vickers-Armstrongs (Barrow), England

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

December 30, 1941

Launched:

October 11, 1942

Commissioned:

June 16, 1947 - ex. ORP DZIK, ex. HMS P.52

Decommissioned:

November 19, 1957

Pennant Number:

U1, from 1951: S321 (never used)

Int'l Call Sign:

OUCB

Displacement:

644 tons, 732 tons (submerged)

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

60.95 m

4.90 m

4.50 m

Complement:

36 men

Propulsion:

2 ea Davey Paxman diesel engines - 615 Hp
2 ea Electro engines - 825 Hp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

5,200 nautical miles at 8.5 knots

Armament:

1 ea 76 mm Gun K M/36 Sa (removed after 1953)
3 ea 7,7 mm Machine guns (later removed)
4 ea 533 mm Torpedo tubes (fore) (totally 8 torpedoes)

- a number of mines could be carried in stead of torpedoes

Speed:

Surface: 12.5 knots
Submerged: 8.5 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

1942-1946

In service with the Polish Navy, named DZIK

September 1946

Arrived at Holmen

June 16, 1947

Commissioned with the Royal Danish Navy

April 1, 1951

Baptized SPRINGEREN and issued the pennant no. S321

1953

Major modification, equipped with a snorkel and the deck gun removed

1958

Returned to Great Britain and scrapped

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

None

More Photos

The submarine U 1 (SPRINGEREN) after removal of the deck gun
and installation of the snorkel device.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe 1950, by R. Steen Steensen, Det Schønbergske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1950

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Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

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U-både gennem 75 år - Det danske ubådsvåben 1909-84, by Hans Chr. Bjerg, Hans Chr. Dahlerup Koch and P. B. Nielsen, Forlaget Forum, 1984

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Vore Undervandsbåde gennem 50 år (1909-1959), by Commander s.g. R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskabs Skrift no. 5, forlaget Ejnar Munksgaard, 1960

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography