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| ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' was first released on 11 October 2023 with the release of Update 12.9, and is available for in the Armory for 250,000{{Coal}}.
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| | ===Pros=== |
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| ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is the special Tier X U-boat for Germany. She is a unique submarine for her nation, with fast underwater speed, the addition of a Repair Party, access only to homing torpedoes, as well as a different sonar to her tech tree counterparts.
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| | ===Cons=== |
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| ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s survivability is very low, with an HP pool of 14,100. Her armor is nonexistent, with her entire exterior hull covered in 19mm. Players should be careful not to be spotted on the surface for extended periods of time, as she will suffer heavy damage.
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| ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s maneuverability and concealment are very good at helping her survive in battle. Her turning circle and rudder shift are good, at 310 meters and 2.21 seconds respectively when fully improved with captain skills and modules, which aids in dodging depth charges. Her concealment, at 5.4 km, is very good for her tier (outspotting almost every destroyer in her matchmaking spread).
| | ==Ship Stats== |
| | <div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Hull Information</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div> |
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| | {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%" |
| | ! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SURVIVABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Hit Points || style="color:inherit;" | 14100 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo protection damage reduction (%) || style="color:inherit;" | — |
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| She has a slow 20-knot top speed on the surface. However, her underwater speed is very fast, at 36 knots. While her speed is good, careful positioning is vital in order to not be stuck in bad situations where her slow surface speed cannot bail her out.
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| | ! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ARMOR DETAIL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Belt (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | — |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Deck (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | — |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Superstructure (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | — |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Extremities (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | — |
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| | ! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MANEUVERABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 20.0 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Turning circle radius (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 310 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Rudder-shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 6.0 |
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| | ! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | CONCEALMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by sea (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 5.4 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by air (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.06 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km) || style="color:inherit;" | — |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by depths (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.06 |
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| | ! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SUB STATS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Concealment at periscope depth (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.06 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum submerged speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 36.0 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Diving plane shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 24.7 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum diving speed (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 3.4 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Dive capacity || style="color:inherit;" | 210 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Dive depletion rate || style="color:inherit;" | — |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Dive recharge rate || style="color:inherit;" | 2.0 |
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| | <div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Sonar</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div> |
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| | ! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SONAR !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Sonar reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 12.0 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Ping velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 600 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Ping width (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 40 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Single ping duration (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 25.0 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Double ping duration (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 65.0 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum ping range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0 |
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| | <div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Torpedoes</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div> |
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| | ! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | TORPEDO LAUNCHERS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Number of launchers || style="color:inherit;" | 1 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | PGPT049 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 60.0 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 15.0 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 25000 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.3 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 82 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.2 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Flooding chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 51.0% |
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| | ! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SUBMARINE TORPEDOES !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Bow torpedo count || style="color:inherit;" | 4 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Stern torpedo count || style="color:inherit;" | 6 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo loaders (bow/stern) || style="color:inherit;" | 4/3 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | PGPT049 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo damage || style="color:inherit;" | 25000 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.3 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 82 |
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| | | style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo concealment (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.2 |
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| * '''Slot 4''': {{Submarine Steering Gears}}
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| | rating23 = <!-- Consumables Enhancements +5% action times -->
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| | rating24 = 2 <!-- Preventive Maintenance -->
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| | rating43 = <!-- Sonarman Expert - ping duration -->
| | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} (3 charges, 15.0s action, 60.0s cooldown) |
| | rating44 = 2 <!-- Improved Battery Efficiency - possible +25% Dive Capacity Recharge Rate -->
| | * '''Slot 2:''' {{Hydroacoustic Search}} (1.0s action, 80.0s cooldown) |
| | rating45 = 3 <!-- Enlarged Propeller Shaft - possible +18% speed -->
| | * '''Slot 3:''' {{Submarine Surveillance}} (60.0s action, 120.0s cooldown) |
| | * '''Slot 4:''' {{Reserve Battery Unit}} (2 charges, 30.0s action, 90.0s cooldown) |
| | * '''Slot 5:''' {{Repair Party}} (2 charges, 40.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 70.5 hp/s) |
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| <h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', 1945</h2> | |
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| ===Specifications=== | |
| :842 tons displacement, surfaced
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| :926 tons displacement, submerged
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| :56.2m length
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| :5.45m beam
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| :5.9m draft
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| ====Machinery====
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| :Walter Turbine, 7500 PS
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| :1 x Diesel Motor, 580PS
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| :1x Electric Motor, 71PS
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| ====Performance====
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| :11 knots surfaced, 24 knots submerged
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| :7300nm range at 10 knots (surfaced)
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| :135m maximum dive depth
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| :Ten 533mm torpedo tubes
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| ''U-4501'' was planned to be the first of the German Type XXVI U-boats. Five boats of the class were started, but construction was not completed before the war ended.
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| The Type XXVI U-boat was designed with convoy attacks in mind. They would have been propelled by a system known as the Walter propulsion system, which used hydrogen peroxide fuel to allow the U-boat to reach submerged speeds of up to 24 knots. The system was designed to provide a submerged endurance of about 15 hours at 15 knots, for a range of 225 miles, or about 6 hours at 24 knots for a range of about 125 to 150 miles. Compared to the Type XXI, they had a small battery for low-speed submerged cruising, and a diesel engine for surface cruising or snorkelling.
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| They would have been constructed from eight modular sections, which would be taken to a shipyard for final assembly. In May 1944, a contract for 100 boats of this type was given to the Schichau shipyard in Gdansk. By the end of the war, some sections for U-4501 to U-4504 were under construction.
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| The armament consisted of ten torpedo tubes, four of them on the bow. The other six tubes were mounted with three on each side, pointed aft and outboard at an angle of about 9°. The orientation of the side tubes permitted a torpedo to be reliably launched at speeds up to 15 knots, whereas launching from the bow tubes was limited to speeds of less than 6 knots. There was no provision for reloads to be carried.
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| [[File:Type XXVI 19.jpg|none|frame|x250px|link=|Type XXVI U-boat.]]
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| *Available for testing by supertesters in the game during the Update 0.11.5 Public Test and again from Update 12.6.
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| {{WoWS Ship Testing Changes Insert|1=
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| *<span class="plainlinks">[https://thedailybounce.net/world-of-warships/world-of-warships-supertest-german-tier-x-freemium-submarine-u-4501/ May 27, 2022]</span>:
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| **Preliminary characteristics (Thanks to Yuzorah at <span class="plainlinks">[https://thedailybounce.net/ The Daily Bounce]</span> for listing stats as none were officially published in the dev blog).
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| *{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|329}}:
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| **Added dispersion when launching torpedoes:
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| ***11 ° for bow and 16 ° for stern tubes.
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| *{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|332}}:
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| **Changed the dispersion when launching torpedoes:
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| ***For bow tubes - reduced from 11 ° to 3 °.
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| ***For stern tubes - reduced from 16 ° to 5 °.
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| **Sonar ping range reduced from 14 to 6.3 km. Now it has the same value as the range of homing torpedoes.
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| *[[Ship:Update_0.11.5#Submarine_Tweaks|Update 0.11.5]]:
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| **Replaced the rotation of torpedo launchers with torpedo turning mechanics.
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| **Fixed a bug that caused the submarine at the start of each new battle to select a torpedo type that was different from the last selected type in the previous battle.
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| **Fixed a bug that prevented the submarine's torpedo reticles from turning to follow the sonar.
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| *Update 0.11.6 (Unlisted changes that occurred alongside {{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|338}}):
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| **Changes to speed and turning circle radius:
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| ***Surface speed increased from 19 to 20 knots.
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| ***Underwater speed decreased from 41 to 36 knots.
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| ***Turning circle radius decreased from 390 to 350 meters.
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| *Update 0.11.7 (Unlisted changes that occurred alongside {{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|348}}):
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| **Removed the Hydrophone consumable.
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| **Added the Echo-Ranging Set consumable (Renamed to the Hydrophone consumable with the update's release) with the following settings:
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| ***Action time: 30 s.
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| ***Reload time: 80 s.
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| ***Interval between pings: 6 s.
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| ***Ship bearing effect duration: 4 s.
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| ***Ship bearing distance: 8 km.
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| ***Number of charges: Unlimited.
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| **Added the Low-Frequency Hydrophone consumable (Renamed to the Submarine Surveillance consumable with the update's release) with the following settings:
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| ***Action time: 60 s.
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| ***Reload time: 120 s.
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| ***Submarines' spotting range: 9 km.
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| ***Number of charges: Unlimited.
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| ***Preparation time: 360 s.
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| **Disabled guaranteed detection for the submarine in the submerged position.
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| **The visual effects above the submarine when using sonar is now also displayed for the submarine herself.
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| *[[Ship:Update_0.11.8#Other_Changes_and_Improvements|Update 0.11.8]]:
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| **Added a visual distinction between the effect of acoustic homing torpedoes and regular ones.
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| **Fixed a bug that caused Credits to be deducted for resupplying only a part of the submarine's ammunition.
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| **Fixed a bug that caused tooltips to overlap the screen with the composition of teams when playing the submarine.
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| *{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|370}}:
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| **With the release of Update 0.11.9:
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| ***Preparation time for the Submarine Surveillance consumable reduced from 360 to 330 s.
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| *Update 0.11.9:
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| **Readded the ping movement effect.
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| **Added a special indicator to notify players when there is little diving capacity remaining.
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| **Updated the set of sound effects for torpedo launching.
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| **Updated the icon for acoustic homing torpedoes.
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| *{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|454}}:
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| **New set of preliminary characteristics, incorporating the following changes:
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| ***Diving plane shift time increased from 11 to 19 s.
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| ***Dive capacity reduced from 350 to 210 units.
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| ***Dive capacity recharge rate increased from 0.8 to 2 units/s.
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| ***Acoustic torpedo range increased from 6.3 to 8.5 km
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| ***Torpedo tube reload time reduced from 91 to 60 s.
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| ***Sonar range increased from 6.3 to 8.5 km.
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| ***Added the "Repair Party" consumable which can be used only in the surfaced position.
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| *{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|459}}:
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| **Acoustic torpedo range increased from 8.5 to 9 km.
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| **Sonar range increased from 8.5 to 9 km.
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| **Alternative torpedo speed increased from 62 to 65 kt.
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| **Alternative torpedo range increased from 6.3 to 7.5 km.
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| **Rudder shift time reduced from 4.9 to 4.6 s.
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| *{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|470}}:
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| **Removed alternative torpedoes.
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| **Torpedo arming distance increased.
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| **Changed the parameters of the sonar:
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| ***Reload time increased from 7 to 12 s.
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| ***Ping velocity increased from 500 to 600 m/s.
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| ***Initial and final width of impulse will now have the same stats as standard German submarines.
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| ***Increased the indicated hit area of sonar pulse.
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| **HP increased from 10,200 to 14,100.
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| **Maximum dive and ascent speed increased from 1.5 to 3.4 m/s.
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| **Submarine Surveillance consumable range reduced from 9 to 6 km.
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| *{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|477}}:
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| **Acoustic torpedo range increased from 9 to 10 km.
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| **Sonar range increased from 9 to 10 km.
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| **Marked sector width increased from 30 to 40 m.
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| *{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|481}}:
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| **Maximum damage of acoustic torpedoes increased from 8,633 to 9,233.
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| **Torpedo flooding chance increased from 35 to 51% (Unlisted change).
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| *Update 12.9:
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| **Available for purchase in the Armory for 250,000 Coal or 34,950 Doubloons.
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| *Update 13.1:
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| **Turning circle radius reduced from 350 to 310 m.
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| *Update 13.2:
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| **Torpedoes now do 10% of maximum damage up to 2.9 km, and then scale to 100% damage from 2.9 to 3 km.
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| **Homing torpedoes changed:
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| ***Arming distance reduced from 440 to 22 m.
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