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RSW will now be offering the Type 205 submarine in 1/50 scale
L: 2'-10.56"
B: 3.63"
The Type 205 was a class of diesel-electric German hunter-killer U-boat submarines. They were single-hull vessels optimized for the use in the shallow Baltic Sea. The Type 205 is a direct evolution of the Type 201 class with lengthened hull, new machinery and sensors. The biggest difference though is that ST-52 steel is used for the pressure hull since the Type 201's non-magnetic steel proved to be problematic. Type 206, the follow-on class, finally succeeded with non-magnetic steel hulls.
The Type 205 was in service with the Royal Danish Navy until 2004, in which it was known as Narhvalen class. The Danish boats differed slightly from the German ones to meet special Danish demands.
Displacement: 450 long tons (457 t) surfaced
500 long tons (508 t) submerged
Length: 43.9 m (144 ft)
Beam: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Draft: 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 × 600 hp (450 kW) Mercedes-Benz 4-stroke V12 diesel engines each coupled to a BBC generator
1 × 1,000 kW (1,300 hp) SSW electric motor
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged
Range: 4,200 nmi (7,800 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h) surfaced
228 nmi (422 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth: 100 m (330 ft)
Complement: 4 officers, 18 enlisted
Armament: • 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
• Torpedoes and naval mines
Price TBA
L: 2'-10.56"
B: 3.63"
The Type 205 was a class of diesel-electric German hunter-killer U-boat submarines. They were single-hull vessels optimized for the use in the shallow Baltic Sea. The Type 205 is a direct evolution of the Type 201 class with lengthened hull, new machinery and sensors. The biggest difference though is that ST-52 steel is used for the pressure hull since the Type 201's non-magnetic steel proved to be problematic. Type 206, the follow-on class, finally succeeded with non-magnetic steel hulls.
The Type 205 was in service with the Royal Danish Navy until 2004, in which it was known as Narhvalen class. The Danish boats differed slightly from the German ones to meet special Danish demands.
Displacement: 450 long tons (457 t) surfaced
500 long tons (508 t) submerged
Length: 43.9 m (144 ft)
Beam: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Draft: 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 × 600 hp (450 kW) Mercedes-Benz 4-stroke V12 diesel engines each coupled to a BBC generator
1 × 1,000 kW (1,300 hp) SSW electric motor
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged
Range: 4,200 nmi (7,800 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h) surfaced
228 nmi (422 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth: 100 m (330 ft)
Complement: 4 officers, 18 enlisted
Armament: • 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
• Torpedoes and naval mines
Price TBA
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