SM UB 29

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SM UB 29
Technical specifications
Submarine type: Single-hulled submarine
Submarine class: UB II
Displacement: 265 tons (above water)
291 tons (under water)
Length: 36.13 m
Width: 4.36 m (over all)
Max. Diving depth: approx. 50 m
Drive: 2 × diesel motor 270 HP
2 × electric motor 280 HP
Armament 2 × bow torpedo tube
1 × 5.0 cm rapid loading cannon L / 40
Crew: 2 officers
21 men
Speed: 8.90 knots (above water)
5.72 knots (under water)
Calls: 17 patrols
Successes: 32 sunk merchant ships (39,378  GRT )
Whereabouts: Wreck lies off the coast of West Flanders

SM UB 29 was a UB II type submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used during the First World War .

history

UB 29 was commissioned on April 30, 1915 from Werft AG Weser in Bremen, where the keel was laid on July 15, 1915 and the launch on December 31, 1915 . The boat was put into service on January 18, 1916 and then assigned to the Flanders submarine flotilla and stationed in Zeebrugge . From January 18, 1916, the commander of the boat was First Lieutenant Herbert Pustkuchen. On November 3, 1916, he was followed by Oberleutnant zur See Erich Platsch.

Calls

From the commissioning to the loss of the boat, a total of 32 ships with a total tonnage of 39,378 GRT were sunk by UB 29 .

Together with UB 6 , UB 10 , UB 12 , UB 16 , UB 17 , UB 29 formed an 18 nm (33 km) long line east of Lowestoft on May 30 and 31, 1916 . These submarines were supposed to watch and intercept the British light naval forces stationed at Harwich in the event that they ran north. However, as there were no attacks on merchant shipping and intelligence reports had reported the submarines had left the port, the British Admiralty became suspicious and the planned ambush failed.

Whereabouts

UB 29 has been missing since November 27, 1916. For a long time it was assumed that it was sunk on December 13, 1916 at the Goodwin Sands at the eastern entrance to the English Channel by the British destroyer Landrail . However, the wreck of UB 29 was discovered off the coast of West Flanders (Belgium) in June 2017 . In November 2017 it could be identified by a brass plate. According to investigations, there were only 22 people on board. The wreck is to remain where it was found, as it is a naval war grave, and a protection zone will therefore be set up.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ B. Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1993, p. 57
  2. ↑ a b c d B. Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1993, p. 71
  3. ↑ uboat.net , accessed on November 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ uboat.net , accessed November 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ uboat.net , accessed November 15, 2017.
  6. ^ VE Tarrant: The U-Boat Offensive: 1914-1945. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland 1989, ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7 , pp. 18, 21, 25, 26, 32-33, 44-46 (English).
  7. ^ RH Gibson; Maurice Prendergast: The German Submarine War, 1914–1918. Naval Institute Press, St. Paul, Minnesota 2003, ISBN 978-1-59114-314-7 , pp. 39,50,57,89,97 (English).
  8. ^ B. Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1993, p. 93
  9. ^ P. Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes, Graefelfing 1998, p. 22.
  10. ↑ a b [1] Spiegel Online from November 15, 2017.

See also

literature

  • Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes, Graefelfing 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .

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