SM U 15
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| Technical specifications | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Submarine class: | U 13 -U 15 | |
| Displacement: | 540 tons (above water) 635 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 57.88 m | |
| Width: | 6.00 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Drive: | Petroleum motors 2 × 350 PS 2 × 250 PS E-machines 2 × 550 PS |
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| Armament | 2 bow tubes / 2 stern tubes / 6 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (artillery) |
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| Crew: | 4 officers 35 men |
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| Speed: | 14.8 knots (above water) 10.7 knots (under water) |
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| Calls: | 1 patrol | |
| Successes: | no | |
| Whereabouts: | Rammed and sunk by HMS Birmingham on August 9, 1914 | |
SM U 15 was a submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
history
The boat was commissioned on February 23, 1909 and laid down in the Imperial Shipyard in Danzig . The launch took place on September 18, 1911, the delivery on July 7, 1912.
On August 6, 1914, U 15 ran out of Heligoland , along with nine other submarines, on its first patrol against Great Britain . On August 8, it sighted the British battleships HMS Ajax , HMS Monarch and HMS Orion . A torpedo missed the Monarch . It was the first combat action by a German submarine in the First World War. The next morning U 15 was surprised in the fog by the light cruiser HMS Birmingham at Fair Isle . It was stopped and loud pounding from inside the boat indicated a repair. Before U 15 could dive, it was rammed by the Birmingham and sank with the entire crew. This made the U 15 the first German submarine to be lost in the First World War.
Commanders
- Lieutenant Richard Pohle (August 1, 1914 - August 9, 1914)
See also
literature
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Urbes Verlag Hans Jürgen Hansen, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
Web links
- U 15 on uboat.net (English)
- Type description U 15 (English)
- Möltenort submarine memorial: U 15
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