Dear friends,
Hit me with everything you have about the IXD-2, please .
Comparisons with other u-boats, technical data, operational records, etc. ect.
U-boat type IXD-2
U-Boat type IXd2
Displacement variously given as 1,612 surfaced, 1,804 submerged and 1,365 Tons.
Range 31,500 miles at 10 knots, 23,700 at 12 knots.
Surface speed 19.2 knots
Under-water speed 6.9 knots
My source is
Admiral Karl Doenitz Memoirs, Ten Years and Twenty Days
It is a Cassel Military Paperback.
which my Wife got me for Christmas
A good read, even if he comes across as a "legend-in-his-own-lunchtime".... just my opinion....
Dave Moffitt
Range 31,500 miles at 10 knots, 23,700 at 12 knots.
Surface speed 19.2 knots
Under-water speed 6.9 knots
My source is
Admiral Karl Doenitz Memoirs, Ten Years and Twenty Days
It is a Cassel Military Paperback.
which my Wife got me for Christmas
A good read, even if he comes across as a "legend-in-his-own-lunchtime".... just my opinion....
Dave Moffitt