The truth is the VIIc/42 never existed. I've scoured the internet on info on it, and the best summary you'll find on uboat.net. If it did exist, it would have been the epitomy of WW2 diesal boats. Submerged handling and endurance of a type 7, surface performance and endurance of a type 9, deepest diving of any diesal boat of WW2, and *just* enough torpedos to make most any trip worthwhile. The concept of the C/42 ive always been in love with, but again, it never got off the slipways. A few were started, but construction was canceled.
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