SM U 10
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 SM U 10 before the First World War |
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| Technical specifications | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Series: | U 9 - U 12 | |
| Builder: | Imperial Shipyard, Danzig | |
| Displacement: | 493 tons (above water) 611 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 57.38 m | |
| Width: | 6.00 m | |
| Draft: | 3.13 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 3.75 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 50-90 s | |
| Drive: | Petroleum motors 1000 HP E-machines 1160 HP |
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| Speed: | 14.2 knots (above water) 8.1 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 2 bow and 2 stern tubes, 6 torpedoes 1 revolver cannon (until the end of 1914) 1 × 8.8 cm cannon (from 1915) |
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| Crew: | 4 officers 25 men |
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| Successes: | 7 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | Run from Libau to the waters north of Gotland on May 27, 1916 and has been considered lost ever since. | |
SM U 10 was a petroleum-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
Calls
U 10 was launched on January 24, 1911 at the Imperial Shipyard in Danzig and was put into service on August 31, 1911. The first and last commander of the submarine was Lieutenant Captain Fritz Stuhr .
In six war missions, the commander and his crew achieved seven sinks against merchant ships of the Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 1,625 GRT .
Whereabouts
On May 27, 1916, U 10 ran from Libau towards the waters north of Gotland . After that his track is lost. Exact details of the time, place and cause of the loss are not known. It is believed that all 29 crew members perished in the Gulf of Finland in June 1916 . Possible causes are a collision with a mine and an average as a result of human error or technical defects.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 67.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 88.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Graefelfing before Munich: Urbes, 1998, p. 19.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Graefelfing before Munich: Urbes, 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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