German submarine U-31 (S181)

212 A conventional offshore boat

  • Lieutenant Commander Frank Thiede
  • Lieutenant Commander Lars Ruth
  • Lieutenant Commander Bert Petzold
  • Lieutenant Commander Stefan Mayer

U 31 ( NATO designation: S 181 ) is a submarine of the German Navy with its sister ships of the submarine class 212 A is currently the most modern non-nuclear submarine type in the world.

History

The in cooperation with the North Sea Emden ( stern → driving ) and the HDW shipyard in Kiel ( bow) built and planned U- boat of the type U 212 A cost around 500 million euros. In addition to the sister ship U 32 two more submarines of this class in Emden and Kiel were still made: U 33 and U 34 U 32 is since October 2005 and placed in service since June 2006 U 33. The commissioning of U-34 in May 2007.

With its fuel cell technology and its stealth skin, the submarine is almost undetectable and can also stay under water for up to three weeks. Since the fuel cells generate virtually no emissions except distilled water, the submarine also has fewer telltale traces in the water ( noise, heat, exhaust fumes ).

The U- boat was together with its sister ship U 32 by Defence Minister Peter Struck made ​​on 19 October 2005 in the presence of the Commander of the Fleet, Vice- Admiral Wolfgang E. Nolting, in Eckernförde officially in service. The new submarines are under the 1st Submarine Squadron within the Flotilla 1 and are stationed in Eckernförde.

Unlike previous German U- boats, the new class has two decks.

Sponsorship

The sponsorship for the submarine took over the Brandenburg town of Wittenberg.

Specifications

Defense systems

  • ( Electronic Support Measure) FL1800U DaimlerChrysler Aerospace and Defence Racal Thorn
  • (Torpedo Counter Measure System) TAU2000 of HDW and Whitehead Selenia

Other technology

  • Waffenleitanlage: Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace
  • Active sonar: STN Atlas Elektronik MAS 3070
  • Passive sonar: TAS (so-called Towed Array Sonar ), FAS ( flank array sonar ) as side scan sonar, PRS (Passive Ranging Sonar ), CAS ( Cylindrical Array Sonar ), summarized as DBQS 40 of STN Atlas Elektronik
  • Fuel cell from Siemens
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