Secret! Building regulations for the Hull Of The Submarines Type VII C/41 ================================================================= High Command of the Kriegsmarine Berlin 1943 Translated and edited by Jonathan McMichael Table of contents **(sorted by groups)** A General Rules --------------- #. A 1 Building Documents a) Drawings and schematics that are part of the building regulations. 1. Line plan 2. Construction chip crack. 3. Longitudinal section and deck plan. 4. Layout plan and cross-sections. 5. Rib table. 6. Cell, bunker, tank, and room layout. 7. Main Ribs 8. Iron plan. 9. Bow. 10. Stern. 11. Contents curves of cells, bunkers, and tanks. 12. Scheme of the rudder system. 13. Scheme of the rear deep rudder system. 14. Scheme of the front deep rudder system. 15. Scheme of diving cell and diving bunker facilities. 16. Scheme of flood, bilge, and trim lines. 17. Scheme of drinking and washing water pipes. 18. Pump plan. Schemes 12 to 18 are set in the annex to the special construction instructions for the main and auxiliary machines of the U-boats, type VII C/41 (B. B. V.—U [M]). a) Corrections to Building Regulations The shipyard shall submit a quarterly (beginning of January, April, July, October) to a compilation of the changes to be made in the building regulations, according to which the copies therein must be corrected. Changes to the building regulations which are deemed necessary must be notified by the shipyard to the O.K.M. quarterly (at the latest by 1 January, T. April, 1 July, 1 October). They shall be included by the O.K.M. after examination in the compilation of the amendments and shall be entered in the building regulations in accordance with the instructions of the O.K.M. Insofar as these are changes which result in a construction delay or additional costs, the express consent of O.K.M. must be obtained before execution. b) Inconsistencies Should there be any discrepancies between the building regulations, the contract drawings and the delivery instructions, the decision of the O.K.M. must be obtained. If the building regulations S refer to mechanical engineering components and to the building regulation M, the construction regulation M remains decisive for the execution of these mechanical engineering components. c) Nature. The submarine shall be manufactured in all its parts of the most suitable material in impeccable work in an impeccable manner and permanently, considering the latest experience. d) Completeness The components and equipment not mentioned in the following provisions, which are still necessary for the performance, safety and safe operation of the submarine and its equipment, shall also be provided for. In addition to this special building regulation for the hull of type VII C submarines, the construction of the building is subject to the **General Building Regulations for the Hull of Ships, Boats, and special ships of the Kreigsmarine (A.B.V. -S-)** **General Building Regulations for Submarines (A.B.B. F.U.)** **General Building Regulations for the Ship Buildings of the Navy (A.B.B. I and II green; and A.B.B. blue).** All additions, improvements and fittings that have already been carried out in a series of submarines are to be provided accordingly also on these submarines, even if this building regulations do not specifically mention this. In case of doubt, please contact The O.K.M. e) Delivery of Drawings and Books The presentation, execution and delivery of drawings, sketchbooks, descriptions, operating instructions, and ship books must be carried out in accordance with The A.B.B. No. 1 and A. B. B. I No.’s 8 and No. 9 unless special provisions require otherwise. #. A 2 Building Weights a) Weight set-up In the construction and equipment of the hull, the weights listed in the following weight stroke (as of 1 July 1943) are not to be exceeded for each group of the building regulations. +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | Gruppe | 4 | | 97.06 | t | +========+=====+=====================================+========+=======+ | “ | 5 | | 3.40 | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | “ | 6 | | 22.40 | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | “ | 7 | | 6.1 | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | “ | 8 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | “ | 9 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | “ | 10 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | “ | 11 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | 12 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | 13 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | 14 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | 15 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | 16 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | 17 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | 18 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | 19 | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | | | | t | +--------+-----+-------------------------------------+--------+-------+ b) Completeness The components and equipment not mentioned in the following provisions (which are still necessary for the performance, operational safety and safe operation of the submarine and its equipment, for example, are also required. In addition to this special building regulations for the hull of type VII C submarines, the construction of the vAUgemcincn building regulations for the hull of ships, to apply the boats and special equipment of the Kreigsmarine (A. B. V. — S —) and the 9 General Building Regulations for submarines (A. B. B. f. U.) as well as the General Building Regulations for the Ship Buildings of the Kriegsmarine (A. B. B. I and H grün and A. B. B. Blau). All additions, improvements and fittings that have already been carried out in a series of submarines are to be provided accordingly also on these submarines, even if this building regulations do not specifically mention this. In case of doubt, please contact The O.K.M. c) Delivery of Drawings and Books The presentation, execution and delivery of drawings, sketchbooks, descriptions, operating instructions, and ship books must be carried out in accordance with The A.B.B. No. 1 and A. B. B. I Nos 8 and No 9 unless special provisions require otherwise. S I Shipbuilding Workshop +------+---------------------------------------------------------+----+ | G | 22: Intelligence facilities | 2. | | roup | | 60 | | | | t | +======+=========================================================+====+ | “ | 23: Side rooms for the crew | 0. | | | | 00 | | | | t | +------+---------------------------------------------------------+----+ | “ | 24: Kiel | 1 | | | | 3. | | | | 90 | | | | t | +------+---------------------------------------------------------+----+ | “ | 25: Lifting devices | 0. | | | | 00 | | | | t | +------+---------------------------------------------------------+----+ | “ | 26: Facilities on the hull for mechanical engineering | 0. | | | equipment | 70 | | | | t | +------+---------------------------------------------------------+----+ | “ | 27: Various expansion | 0. | | | | 03 | | | | t | +------+---------------------------------------------------------+----+ | | Supplement for welded material and riener heads | 5. | | | | 20 | | | | t | +------+---------------------------------------------------------+----+ | | Total S I Shipbuilding workshop (without ballast) | 27 | | | | 9. | | | | 65 | | | | t | +------+---------------------------------------------------------+----+ S II locksmith's workshop. +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Gr | 1. Closures for pressure bodies, bulkheads, decks, | 4.60 t | | oup | and outer bodies | | | | | | | | (without Luksulle) | | +=====+====================================================+===========+ | “ | 2. Railing | 0.30 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 3. Ladders and crampon | 0.04 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 4. Window | 0.00 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 5. Round woods and rigging | 0.01 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 6. Flood and bilge equipment, other shipbuilding | 4.90 t | | | pipe­lines | | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 7. Equipment for rudders, rudder lines | 2,90 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 8. Devices for guns and handguns | 0.10 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 9. Anchor | 2.10 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 10. Equipment for torpedoes | 2.00 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | a. A: Facilities for TM | | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 11. Facilities for navigation | 0.20 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 12. Facilities for diving cells, diving bunkers | 7,50 t | | | and free-flooding rooms | | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 13. Ventilation devices | 0.00 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 14. Equipment for crew | 0.70 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 15. Safety devices | 1.04 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | “ | 16. Lifting devices | 0.00 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | | 17. Various facilities | 2.30 t | +-----+----------------------------------------------------+-----------+ Supplement 0 t **Total S II Locksmith's Workshop 28.69t** S III Carpentry and Sheet Metal Workshop. 1. Wegerungen in den Wohnraumen 1.80 t 2. Einrichtungen der Wohnraume fur Offiziere und Feldwebel 3. Einrichtungen der Wohnraume fur Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften 1.60 t 4. Verschidenes **Total S III Tischlerwerkstatt 4.00 t** a) S IV Mater workshop. b) Weighing The individual parts of the hull shall be weighed in accordance with the above grouping and shall be subscripted among the groups of the weighing registers of the same name. The submarines to be weighed are specified in the delivery instructions. Loose articles of use must be booked under y equipment and not under 'hulls'. Parts for mechanical engineering purposes that are firmly connected to the boat body, such as brackets, pressure body penetrations for mechanical parts, are to be recorded in the corresponding ship assemblies. Insofar as these parts form part of the compressive body plating, such as pressure body penetrations for mechanical parts, they must be weighed in the group SI4. The flooring of all rooms, including those of the diesel engine room and the E engine room, must be weighed in the ship group S I 9. Floor sheets or stepping strips which are firmly connected to machines shall be recorded and weighed under M I 15. Note y see n means that the above-mentioned component must be booked under the group to which reference is made, the note s.c.n states that at the indicated point also provisions have been made on the mentioned component. The note vn means that the component in question must be weighed in the case of mechanical engineering in accordance with the building regulations for the machine plant (construction regulation M). c) Proof of weight The weight and center of gravity of all components must be calculated based on the drawings prior to construction and compared with the weight stroke. The weights weighed must be constantly compared with the estimated weights during construction. Which boats are to be weighed is specified in the delivery instructions. The installed weights shall be communicated to the building inspectorate by group, separately, every quarter of a year in such a way that the building inspectorate can make the quarterly reports on time. The weighing books must be delivered to the O.K. M. after completion. d) Proof of displacement During the construction, the over- and underwater displacements and priority calculations are to be compared with the building documents. e) Calculation shefte On the basis of the proofs of weight and displacement referred to in (c) and dispersed, the submarines to be weighed in accordance with the delivery instructions for the assessment of the stability and the trim and swimming position for normal and large payload shall be required every 4 months (in addition, as soon as possible shortly before the shipyard trim of the first submarine), to draw up predatory and priority calculations and to submit them to the O.K.M. on 15, 3, 15, 7 and 15.As with other major deviations from the invoice, stannnwerft must be sent an interim invoice without being requested, as is the case with other major deviations from the invoice. After completion of the construction, the final weight, displacement, and priority calculation must be delivered to the O.K.M. based on the weighing book. The weights weighed must be used in the weight calculations, as far as this is possible up to the time. These groups must then be specially identified. In addition, the additional and lower weights of the individual groups shall be entered in a special column, provided that their weight differs from that of the main yard. The resulting stability and trim changes must be reported. The invoices are to be included for the for water and underwater swimming pool: the weights, the displacements, the focal points for the individual groups of the hull, the machinery and equipment, as well as the stability for the stress cases specified in the calculation of the main shipyard. In addition, a compilation of the main information and the cell, bunker and tank contents shall be attached and the Forwater swimming position shall be indicated for all stress cases. The calculation scales are to be produced in only 6 copies, two of which are intended for the shipyard, the building supervision and the O.K.M. The special confidentiality provisions must be observed. f) O.K.M. Building Reserve A building reserve of the O.K.M. is not provided. g) Building reserve of the construction yard The construction reserve of the shipyard is 1.50 t. h) In-service reserve The required Inservice reserve of 1.50 t may not be used for modifications during construction. Their focus is to be assumed to be half the pressure body length and the half body diameter. (See S I 24c.) #. A3 Materials a) General The materials to be used for the hull, etc., should comply with the material standards of the Kriegsmarine. In drawings, bills of materials, etc., the standardized short characters are generally to be used. Non-standard special materials may only be used for fewer, important components. Procurement and acceptance must be carried out in accordance with the latest delivery conditions and acceptance regulations of the Kriegsmarine. Only in the case of low-stressed components of minor importance can acceptance be dispensed with in agreement with the building supervision All materials for more important components may only be purchased from companies listed in the Navy's supplier list. The use of savings materials must be restricted as far as possible, but this must not reduce operational safety. In the case of vital components, fuels may be replaced by substitutes only if they are equivalent in all respects and this does not affect the safety of the submarine and the reliability of the components. During the war, the war-related austerity regulations apply, which must be observed closely. All dubious cases must be resolved with the main shipyard and its construction supervision or the O.K.M. Heat treatment and the hot and cold processing of the materials must be carried out properly, in the case of alloys or special steels only under the conditions specified by the material manufacturer. A processing of rolled materials made of flux steel in a blue-warm state may not be carried out because of the brittleness that may occur. If necessary, the warmly processed parts must be re-heated normally after processing. All sheets which are to be galvanized later are not to be appropriated at the time of delivery and must not be varnished. The materials for components in contact with seawater shall be chosen in such a way as to avoid galvanic anemic eating. For the processing of the printing bulkhead, see S I 7 b. b) Material selection All components of rolled material which can be claimed in normal operation with 12 atm corresponding to an immersive depth of 120 m, as well as all the chippings, angles, reinforcements, and other joints required for these components, shall be manufactured from St. 52 KM, the weldability of which shall be demonstrated. These parts include: the pressure body skin, the plating of the control and understatement cells and the (inner) submersible cell 3, the final bulkhead of the submersible cell 3 and all the slats and reinforcements required for these components, on the other hand, the bulkheads of control and understatement cells from St 42 KM are to be produced. Slats that are bent cold must be made of aluminum-calmed material. For the plates made of St 52 KM, the tolerance for boiler plates according to the latest regulations of the German Kriegsmarine applies as the thickness tolerance. The sheets should preferably not have an undersized and must not exceed the permissible excess. If the collection points or the sheet metal processing yards or steel construction companies find any deviations in thickness beyond the values permitted under the boiler plate tolerances, these shall be communicated to the O.K.M. on presentation of a sketch of the measuring points and indication of the shot, which decides on a case-by-case basis on the possibility of use. The weldability of all materials to be used and welded must be demonstrated. All other components, unless otherwise specified and in so far as they are subordinate parts, shall be manufactured from St 42 KM or Thomas steel. For the use of Thomas steel in submarine construction, see O.K.M. disposition KIBm No. 1626/43 dated 12.5.43. If different materials are to be used for individual series than those specified here for the pressure body skin, etc., the shipyards concerned will receive special instructions. Strong flat irons, which are used for enclosing openings, such as the slurry of the pressure-resistant manhole openings and the edge flat irons of the pressure-resistant bulkhead, are to glow normally before welding in. See S I 7b Insofar as steel casting is required, stg 45-81 BK is generally required for all components on whose reliability the safety of the boat depends (even for those parts exposed to the water bomb effect) (see KM 9106 2. January 1942) if non-high-quality factory toifs are particularly prescribed. Stg 45 - 81 may only be used for components of minor importance, insofar as they are not exposed to shocks or shocks. For cast steel of any composition, it shall be indicated at the time of ordering that a weight plus tolerance of 7 % shall be permitted, but this must not be exceeded. If undermeasures can be allowed in the wall thicknesses, appropriate notes shall be included in the drawings. There is no limit to weight undercutting, as this is given by the prescribed dimensional tolerances. The sheath of the tower is to be made of special building material Wh o. Mo., the ceiling of the tower including the tower lid (see S II 1a) of steel casting of the following chemical composition (indicative values) and minimum strength values: +----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | C | Si | Mn | V | +================+================+=================+=================+ | 0.20-0.25% | 0.35-0.50% | 1.0-1.2% | 0.10-0.15% | +----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Tensile strength: 55 kg/mm\ :sup:`2`. | Yield strength: 40kg/mm\ :sup:`2`. | Elongation at 1 = 5d 15%. | Constriction: = 50%. | Notch impact strength = 10 kg/cm\ :sup:`2`. In the event of significant deviations in the chemical composition of the cast steel from the guide values, the decision of the O.K.M. shall be obtained. The specific properties of the material which the yard intends to use for the tower ceiling shall be communicated to the O.K.M. before ordering the decision. In a range of 900 mm sphere radius around the magnetic compass, measured by center compass rose, un-magnetizable material shall be used. The materials of other components not listed here are treated in the corresponding groups. The installation of light metals is largely restricted. The compounds of light metals with heavy metals, copper, and copper alloys, should be avoided as far as possible. Where they cannot be circumvented, good electrical protection by means of protective coatings (see S IV) must be ensured either on the light metal or on the heavy metal in contact with the light metal or by packing swathes between light metal and heavy metal. Galvanized or phosphated steel is best suited as a heavy metal. The regulations that the suppliers give to avoid anecration must be observed. For screws with high mechanical stress, e.g. on-board wall closures, steel is used as a material ?? 8 G