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Seeteufel Technical Data:
Description: Midget U-boat
First launched: 1944
Complement of Men: 2
Displacement surface: circa 2.0 t
Displacement submerged: 18.0 - 20.0 t
Length: 13.5 m (44.55 ft)
Beam, max: circa 2.0 m (6.6 ft)
Depth: 2.9 m (9.57 ft)
5.5 m (18.15 ft) (with Schnorkel mast)
Max speed surfaced: 10 km/hr
Max speed submerged: 10 kt (petrol/gas - with Schnorkel) 8 kt (Electric)
Radius surfaced: 30 hours at top speed
80 hours at cruising speed
Radius submerged: 30 hours at top speed (petrol/gas) 10 hours at top speed (electric) 80 hours at cruising speed (petr/gas) 20 hours at cruising speed (electric)
Max diving depth: 50 m (165 ft) (prototype made 20 m/66 ft)
Diving time, stationary: N/A
Diving time, alarm moving: N/A
Oil fuel carried: N/A
Torpedo tubes, bow / stern: None
Nr of torpedoes / mines: 2 or 2
Guns fitted: None
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The “Seeteufel” or “Sea Devil” was a tracked two-man amphibian midget submarine which solved all the vulnerability and technical problems associated with German midget submarines that had to be launched at sea - even midget submarines as small as the “Neger” (Negro) one-man piloted torpedo.
The Seeteufel (a.k.a. “Elefant” or “Lödige Projekt”) was developed at Kiel-Eckernforde which was the German Navy’s (Kriegsmarine) torpedo testing ground where Dipl Ing Alois Lödige was the project leader.
The first and only protoype was available for testing in the summer of 1944. Since there were no diesel engines available, a single 80 hp gasoline truck engine had to be installed. It served for both water propulsion (8 kts) and land propulsion (10 km/hr). The Seeteufel was to be armed primarily with two torpedos for naval operations while mines and possibly either machine guns or flame throwers were envisioned for amphibious warfare.
The trials at Kiel-Eckernforde showed the vessel to have very good maneuvering and handling abilities, although underpowered. It was subsequently decided that the production series should have a 250 hp diesel engine. It was also discovered that the tracks were too small and would have to be refitted with larger ones. After testing was completed, a series of standardized Seeteufels were ordered at the Borgward factory at Bremen, but production never began.
The only existing experimental vessel was taken to a facility near Lübeck and destroyed by explosives at the end of the war.
