SM U 114

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SM U 114
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German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge)
Construction data
Submarine type: Two-hull ocean-
going boat official draft from MS -type
war mission K
Series: U 111 - U 114
Builder: Germania shipyard, Kiel
Build number: 283
Construction contract: May 5, 1916
Launch: November 27, 1917
Commissioning: June 19, 1918
Technical specifications
Displacement: 798 tons (above water)
996 tons (under water)
Length: 71.55 m
Width: 6.30 m
Draft: 3.76 m
Pressure body ø: 4.15 m
Max. Diving depth: 50 m
Dive time: 45-66 s
Drive: Diesel engines 2300 PS
E-machines 1200 PS
Speed: 16.4 knots (above water)
8.4 knots (under water)
Armament: 4 × 50 cm bow torpedo tube
2 × 50 cm stern
torpedo tube (12-16 torpedoes)
1 × 10.5 cm deck gun
Mission data
Commander:
  • Martin Wahn
Crew (target strength): 4 officers
32 men
Calls: 1
Successes: no
Whereabouts: extradited to Italy on November 26, 1918; Wrecked in La Spezia in 1919

SM U 114 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .

construction

U 114 was commissioned on May 5, 1916. The Bremer Vulkanwerft in Vegesack took over the manufacture of the hull . It was completed at the Germania shipyard in Kiel , where the boat on 27 November in 1917 by the stack ran.

Calls

U 114 was put into service on June 19, 1918 and assigned to the IV. U- Flotilla in Emden and Borkum . The first and only commanding officer was Lieutenant Martin Wahn (June 19, 1918 to November 11, 1918).

U 114 carried out an enterprise during the First World War . No ship was sunk or damaged in the process.

Whereabouts

On November 26, 1918, U 114 was delivered to the Kingdom of Italy and scrapped in La Spezia in May 1919 .

Known crew members

Individual evidence

  1. Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 139.
  2. Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 91.
  3. information on career Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Petersburg ( Memento of 26 October 2009 on Webcite ) on Axis Biographical Research (Engl.)

literature

  • Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .

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