SM U 23

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SM U 23
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German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge)
U-boat U-24 of the Imperial German Navy. Scan of an old postcard my grandparents from 1914 from the estate.jpg
U 24 from the U 23 series
Technical specifications
Submarine type: Two-hull deep-sea boat U 23 - U 26
Displacement: 685 tons (above water)
878 tons (under water)
Length: 64.70 m
Width: 6.32 m
Draft: 3.56 m
Max. Diving depth: 50 m
Drive: Diesel engines 2 × 925 PS
E-machines 2 × 600 PS
Armament: 2 bow and 2 stern tubes with 6 torpedoes
1 × 105 mm cannon
Crew: 4 officers
31 men
Speed: 16.4 knots (above water)
9.7 knots (under water)
Calls: 3 patrols
Successes: 7 sunk merchant ships with a total of 8,822 GRT
Whereabouts: Sunk by a torpedo during attack on the Princess Louise submarine trap by British submarine C 27

SM U 23 was a German submarine of the Imperial Navy and was used in the First World War.

history

U 23 was commissioned from the Germania shipyard in Kiel on March 18, 1911 . The commissioning took place on September 11, 1913.

During the attack on the British submarine trap Princess Louise on July 20, 1915, U 23 was sunk by a torpedo from the British submarine C 27 . The last position was 58 ° 55 '  N , 0 ° 14'  O . Ten of the crew - 34 at that time - survived and 24 men were killed.

Commanders

  • Erwin Weisbach (August 1, 1914 to November 25, 1914)
  • Hans Adam (November 26, 1914 to December 17, 1914)
  • Egenolf von Berckheim (December 18, 1914 to January 12, 1915)
  • Hans Schultheß (January 13, 1915 to July 20, 1915)

Web links

Type description of the U 23 class (English)