SM UC 58

SM UC 58; ( previous / next - all submarines )
Type :	UC II
Shipyard:	Imperial Shipyard Gdansk
Construction contract:	January 12, 1916
Build number:	40
Keel laying:	March 18, 1916
Launch:	October 21, 1916
Commissioning:	March 12, 1917
Commanders:	Karl Vesper March 12, 1917– April 19, 1918; Kurt Schwarz April 20, 1918-11. November 1918;
Flotilla:	U-FI Courland
Calls:	12 patrols
Sinkings:	24 sunk merchant ships, 1 ship damaged, 3 ships as a prize , 1 warship sunk
Whereabouts:	capitulated in France, 1921 in Cherbourg scrapped

SM UC-58 was a submarine of the Imperial Navy , which served as a minelayer submarine.

Technical specifications

UC-58 bulkhead

Displacement: Surface 415 t , submerged 498 t or 594 t.
Length: 51.67 m.
Width: 5.22 m.
Draft: 3.61 m.
Drive : diesel engine / electric motor .
Power : 600/620 hp .
Speed : surfaced 11.6 kn , submerged 7.3 kn.
Oil supply: 56 t.
Dive time : 30-33 sec .
Armament : 1 8.8 cm SK-L / 30 gun , three torpedo tubes (2 in the bow, 1 in the stern), 18 mines in 6 shafts.
Crew : 27 men.

commitment

Image from inside UC-58

On May 9, 1917, UC-58 sank the steamship Kyros; its cargo was recovered in 2019.

On September 28, 1917, UC-58 was in Tagga Bay for reconnaissance as part of the Albion operation .

From April 20, 1918 to May 5, 1918 UC-58 was overhauled in Brunsbüttelkoog . Then it was ordered to the east coast of Scotland . On November 5th, UC-58 was back in Brunsbüttelkoog.

Picture of the inside

Picture from inside

Web links

UC 58's war diaries in the Federal Archives
UC 58.uboat.net

literature

Harald Bendert: The UC boats of the Imperial Navy 1914-1918. Mine warfare with submarines. Mittler, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn, 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0758-7 .
Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815–1945, Vol. 3, U-boats, auxiliary cruisers, mine ships, net layers. Bernard & Graefe, Bonn, 1985, ISBN 3-7637-4802-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ Jan Lettens: SS Kyros (+1917). In: https://www.wrecksite.eu . https://www.wrecksite.eu , July 2, 2011, accessed November 10, 2019 (English).
↑ Divers salvage 900 bottles of rare French cognac and liqueur from Swedish shipwreck. November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019 (UK English).
↑ Michael B. Barrett: Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands . Indiana University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-253-00353-9 ( google.de [accessed November 12, 2019]).
↑ Guides to the Microfilmed Records of the German Navy, 1850-1945 . National Archives and Records Service, US General Services Administration, 1984 ( google.de [accessed November 12, 2019]).

[1] Jan Lettens: SS Kyros (+1917). In: https://www.wrecksite.eu . https://www.wrecksite.eu , July 2, 2011, accessed November 10, 2019 (English).

[2] Divers salvage 900 bottles of rare French cognac and liqueur from Swedish shipwreck. November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019 (UK English).

[3] Michael B. Barrett: Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands . Indiana University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-253-00353-9 ( google.de [accessed November 12, 2019]).

[4] Guides to the Microfilmed Records of the German Navy, 1850-1945 . National Archives and Records Service, US General Services Administration, 1984 ( google.de [accessed November 12, 2019]).