SM U 35

SM U 35 in the Mediterranean

SM U 35 ( previous / next - all submarines )
Technical specifications
Submarine type:	(Two-hull ocean-going boat) U 31 - U 41
Displacement :	685 t (above water) 878 t (under water)
Length:	64.70 m
Width:	6.32 m
Draft :	3.56 m
Max. Diving depth:	50 m
Dive time :	50-100 s
Drive:	Diesel engines 2 × 925 PS E-machines 2 × 600 PS
Speed :	16.4  kn (30.4  km / h ) (over water) 9.7 kn (18 km / h) (under water)
Driving range :	8790 nm at 8 kn (over water) 80 nm at 5 kn (under water)
Armament:	2 bow tubes , 2 tail tubes 6 × 50 cm torpedoes Artillery : 1 × 75 mm (1914–1915) 1 × 88 mm (1915–1916) 1 × 105 mm (1916–1918)
Crew:	4 officers 31 men
Calls:	24: 2 reconnaissance trips 20 trade war trips 2 transfer trips
Successes:	224 sunk merchant ships with a total of 535,900 GRT 2 warships sunk with a total of 2,500 t
Whereabouts:	November 26, 1918 the United Kingdom delivered in 1919 to 1920 Blyth scrapped

SM U 35 ( His Majesty U 35 ) was a submarine of the German Imperial Navy . It is still considered the most successful submarine in the world today.

history

The drafts for the two-hull open sea boat type U 31  - U 41 came from the Germania shipyard in Kiel . The engineer Hans Techel was largely responsible for the development of this type . The two-hull ocean-going boats type U 51  - U 56 , U 63  - U 65 and U 81  - U 86 were derived from these drafts . U 35 was commissioned on March 29, 1912. It was supposed to be delivered on March 1, 1914. Due to delays in the construction of Germaniawerft- two-stroke - diesel engines but the boat was the only on 18 April 1914 run stack . The commissioning took place on November 3rd, 1914 under Lieutenant Waldemar Kophamel . The lead engineer was marine engineer Hans Fechter . U 35 was subordinated to the 2nd  Flotilla , which was stationed in Heligoland .

Calls

Sinking of the English steamer "Maplewood", April 7, 1917

The U 35 completed its first two missions from 19 to 21 and from 24 to 26 January 1915. These were reconnaissance missions in the North Sea . Three enemy voyages followed, on which 17 merchant ships with a total of 25,716 GRT were sunk.

In August 1915, the U 35 and the U 34 were transferred to the Mediterranean at the Austro-Hungarian naval base in Cattaro for the U-Flotilla Pola . Three merchant ships with a total of 4067 GRT were sunk. Two enemy voyages followed, on which 15 merchant ships with 59,409 GRT were destroyed.

At the end of October 1915, U 35 took over ten Turkish officers near Bodrum as well as war material to support the rebellious Senussi who fought against the British and Italian colonial powers in the Libyan desert . As far as the weather conditions allowed, two Turkish schooners were towed. The convoy reached the Libyan coastal town of Bardia , where the cargo could be unloaded. In the Gulf of Sollum ( Egypt ) the British steamer Tara (1862 BRT) was sunk on November 5, 1915 and a gunboat in the port of Sollum was destroyed. (→ Action by SM U 35 in the Gulf of Sollum )

Arnauld de la Perière (2nd from left) with his officers on board U 35

On November 18, 1915, Lieutenant Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière U 35 took over . Under his command, it carried out 15 more patrols, mainly in the Mediterranean area, on which 189 merchant ships with a total of 446,708 GRT were sunk. In addition, on February 29, 1916, the British gunboat Primula with 1250 tons and on October 2, 1916 the French gunboat Rigel with 1250 tons were sunk. One of the patrols under de la Perière, the 14th operation of U 35 , is still considered to be the most successful to have completed a submarine. It lasted from July 26th to August 20th, 1916. 54 merchant ships with 90,350 GRT were sunk on it. On October 4, 1916, U 35 sank the French troop transporter Gallia (14,966 GRT) southwest of the island of San Pietro off Sardinia , killing 600 people. The Gallia was the largest ship sunk by U 35 .

On March 17, 1918, Lieutenant Ernst von Voigt took over the boat. He made two attempts at operations with U 35 , an enemy mission and a relocation march from Cattaro to Germany . Both had to be stopped early due to machine damage.

On July 18, 1918, Lieutenant Heino von Heimburg took over the boat. Under him, U 35 was transferred to Kiel. The ferry trip lasted from September 7th to October 9th, 1918.

Whereabouts

After the end of the First World War in November 1918, U 35 was transferred to England on November 26, 1918 and broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920 .

Commanders

• Lieutenant Commander Waldemar Kophamel - November 3, 1914 to November 17, 1915
• Lieutenant Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière - November 18, 1915 to March 16, 1918
• Lieutenant Ernst von Voigt - March 17 to July 13, 1918
• Captain Heino von Heimburg - July 18 to November 1918

Sunk or damaged enemy ships

date	Ship name	Tonnage ( GRT )	nationality
March 9, 1915	Blackwood	1230	United Kingdom
March 9, 1915	Gris Nez	208	France
March 15, 1915	Hyndford *	4286	United Kingdom
April 30, 1915	Laila	748	Norway
June 2, 1915	Cubano	4352	Norway
June 4, 1915	George & Mary	100	United Kingdom
June 6, 1915	Sunlight	1433	United Kingdom
June 7, 1915	Trudvang	1041	Norway
June 8, 1915	express	115	United Kingdom
June 8, 1915	La Liberte	302	France
June 8, 1915	Strathcarron	4347	United Kingdom
June 8, 1915	Susannah	115	United Kingdom
June 10, 1915	Thomasina	1869	Russia
June 12, 1915	Bellglade	664	Norway
June 12, 1915	Crown of India	2034	United Kingdom
June 13, 1915	diamond	324	France
June 13, 1915	Hopemount	3300	United Kingdom
June 13, 1915	Pelham	3534	United Kingdom
August 10, 1915	Baltzer *	343	Russia
August 10, 1915	Francois	2212	France
August 10, 1915	Morna	1512	Norway
September 17, 1915	Ravitailleur	2815	France
September 19, 1915	Ramazan	3477	United Kingdom
September 20, 1915	Linkmoor	4306	United Kingdom
October 18, 1915	Scilla	1220	Kingdom of Italy
October 23, 1915	Marquette	7057	United Kingdom
November 3, 1915	Woolwich	2936	United Kingdom
November 5, 1915	Tare	1862	United Kingdom
November 5, 1915	Abbas	298	Egypt
November 5, 1915	Nour-el-Bahr *	450	Egypt
November 6, 1915	Caria	3032	United Kingdom
November 6, 1915	Clan Macalister	4835	United Kingdom
November 6, 1915	Lumina	6218	United Kingdom
November 7, 1915	Moorina	4994	United Kingdom
November 8, 1915	Den of Crombie	4949	United Kingdom
November 8, 1915	Sir Richard Awdry	2234	United Kingdom
November 8, 1915	Wacousta	3521	Norway
November 9, 1915	Californian	6223	United Kingdom
January 17, 1916	Sutherland	3542	United Kingdom
January 18, 1916	Marere	6443	United Kingdom
January 20, 1916	Trematon	4198	United Kingdom
February 26, 1916	La Provence	13753	France
February 27, 1916	Giava	2755	Kingdom of Italy
February 28, 1916	Masunda	4952	United Kingdom
February 29, 1916	Primula	1250	United Kingdom
March 23, 1916	Minneapolis	13543	United Kingdom
June 13, 1916	Maria C.	77	Kingdom of Italy
June 13, 1916	Motia	500	Kingdom of Italy
June 13, 1916	San Francesco Di Paola	43	Kingdom of Italy
June 14, 1916	Antonia V	132	Kingdom of Italy
June 14, 1916	Giosue	20th	Kingdom of Italy
June 14, 1916	San Francesco	28	Kingdom of Italy
June 14, 1916	Tavolara	701	Kingdom of Italy
June 15, 1916	Adelina	170	Kingdom of Italy
June 15, 1916	Anette	112	Kingdom of Italy
June 15, 1916	Audace	144	Kingdom of Italy
June 15, 1916	S. Maria	515	Kingdom of Italy
June 15, 1916	Sardinia	1119	United Kingdom
June 16, 1916	Dolmetta M	48	Kingdom of Italy
June 16, 1916	Era	1078	Kingdom of Italy
June 16, 1916	Eufrasia	71	Kingdom of Italy
June 16, 1916	Gafsa	3922	United Kingdom
June 16, 1916	Rondine	112	Kingdom of Italy
June 17, 1916	Poviga	3360	Kingdom of Italy
June 18, 1916	Aquila	2191	Norway
June 18, 1916	Beachy	4718	United Kingdom
June 18, 1916	Olga	2964	France
June 18, 1916	Rona	1312	United Kingdom
June 19, 1916	France Et Russie	329	France
June 19, 1916	Mario C.	398	Kingdom of Italy
June 23, 1916	Giuseppina	1872	Kingdom of Italy
June 23, 1916	Herault	2299	Kingdom of Italy
June 24, 1916	Canford Chine	2398	United Kingdom
June 24, 1916	Checchina	184	France
June 24, 1916	Daiyetsu Maru	3184	Japan
June 24, 1916	San Francesco	1060	Kingdom of Italy
June 24, 1916	Saturnina Fanny	1568	Kingdom of Italy
June 25, 1916	Clara	5503	Kingdom of Italy
June 25, 1916	Fournel	2047	France
June 27, 1916	Mongibello	4059	Kingdom of Italy
June 27, 1916	Pino	1677	Kingdom of Italy
June 27, 1916	Roma	2491	Kingdom of Italy
June 27, 1916	Windermere	2292	United Kingdom
June 29, 1916	Carlo Alberto	312	Kingdom of Italy
June 29, 1916	Giuseppina	214	Kingdom of Italy
June 29, 1916	Teano	1907	United Kingdom
July 28, 1916	Dandolo	4977	Kingdom of Italy
July 30, 1916	Britannic	3487	United Kingdom
July 30, 1916	Ethelbryhta	3084	United Kingdom
July 30, 1916	Giuseppe Marta	111	Tunisia
July 30, 1916	Catholic	1324	Denmark
July 31, 1916	Citta Di Messina	2464	Kingdom of Italy
July 31, 1916	Einar	135	Norway
July 31, 1916	Emilio G.	166	Kingdom of Italy
July 31, 1916	Erling	122	Norway
July 31, 1916	Generals Ameglio	222	Kingdom of Italy
August 1, 1916	Heighington	2800	United Kingdom
August 2, 1916	Eugenia	550	Kingdom of Italy
August 2, 1916	Neptune	151	France
August 3, 1916	Tricoupis	2387	Greece
4th August 1916	Favonian	3049	United Kingdom
4th August 1916	Siena	4372	Kingdom of Italy
4th August 1916	Teti	2868	Kingdom of Italy
4th August 1916	Tottenham	3106	United Kingdom
August 5, 1916	Achilles	843	Greece
August 5, 1916	Mount Coniston	3018	United Kingdom
August 7, 1916	Newburn	3554	United Kingdom
August 7, 1916	Trident	3129	United Kingdom
August 8, 1916	Imperial	3818	United Kingdom
August 8, 1916	Speme	1229	Kingdom of Italy
August 9, 1916	Antiope	2973	United Kingdom
August 9, 1916	Ganekogorta Mendi	3061	Spain
August 9, 1916	Sebastiano	3995	Kingdom of Italy
August 10, 1916	Temmei Maru	3360	Japan
August 11, 1916	Pagasarri	3287	Spain
August 12, 1916	Gina	443	Kingdom of Italy
August 12, 1916	Nereus	3980	Kingdom of Italy
August 12, 1916	Regina Pacis	2228	Kingdom of Italy
August 12, 1916	Saint Gaetan (aux)	125	France
August 13, 1916	Balmoral	2542	Kingdom of Italy
August 13, 1916	Eurasia	1898	Kingdom of Italy
August 13, 1916	Francesco Saverio	214	Kingdom of Italy
August 13, 1916	Ivar	2139	Denmark
August 14, 1916	Emilia	319	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	Francesca	161	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	Henriette B.	176	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	Ida	242	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	Lavinia	243	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	Louis B.	212	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	Pausania	107	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	Rosario	188	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	San Francesco Di Paolo	112	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	San Giovanni Battista	1066	Kingdom of Italy
August 14, 1916	San Giuseppe Patriarca	62	Kingdom of Italy
August 15, 1916	Augusta	523	Kingdom of Italy
August 15, 1916	Candida Altieri	282	Kingdom of Italy
August 15, 1916	Vergine Di Pompei	145	Kingdom of Italy
August 16, 1916	Madre	665	Kingdom of Italy
August 17, 1916	Swedish Prince	3712	United Kingdom
August 18, 1916	Erix	923	Kingdom of Italy
September 19, 1916	Doride	1250	Kingdom of Italy
September 19, 1916	Teresa	270	Kingdom of Italy
September 22, 1916	Garibaldi	5185	Kingdom of Italy
September 22, 1916	Giovanni Zambelli	2485	Kingdom of Italy
September 23, 1916	Charterhouse	3021	United Kingdom
September 24, 1916	Bronwen	4250	United Kingdom
September 24, 1916	Bufjord	2284	Norway
September 24, 1916	Nicolo	5466	Kingdom of Italy
September 25, 1916	Benpark	3842	Kingdom of Italy
September 26, 1916	Newby	2168	United Kingdom
September 26, 1916	Roddam	3218	United Kingdom
September 26, 1916	Stathe	2623	United Kingdom
September 27, 1916	Rallas	1752	United Kingdom
September 27, 1916	Secondo	3912	United Kingdom
September 27, 1916	Vindeggen	2610	Norway
September 29, 1916	Venus	3976	Kingdom of Italy
October 2, 1916	Rigel	1250	France
October 3, 1916	Samos	1186	Greece
4th October 1916	Birk	715	Norway
4th October 1916	Gallia	14966	France
October 5, 1916	Aurora	2806	Kingdom of Italy
October 5, 1916	Vera	2308	Sweden
January 5, 1917	Lesbian	2555	United Kingdom
January 5, 1917	Salvatore Padre	200	Kingdom of Italy
January 6, 1917	Hudworth	3966	United Kingdom
January 7, 1917	Mohacsfield	3678	United Kingdom
January 8, 1917	Andoni	3188	United Kingdom
January 8, 1917	Lynfield	3023	United Kingdom
February 11, 1917	Assunta	132	Kingdom of Italy
February 12, 1917	Lyman M. Law	1300	United States
February 13, 1917	Percy Roy	110	United Kingdom
February 14, 1917	Mery	178	Russia
February 14, 1917	Oceania	4217	Kingdom of Italy
February 15, 1917	Buranda	3651	United Kingdom
February 16, 1917	Oriana	3132	Kingdom of Italy
February 16, 1917	Prudenza	3307	Kingdom of Italy
February 17, 1917	Pier Accavan Ubert	112	Kingdom of Italy
February 18, 1917	Giuseppe	1856	Kingdom of Italy
February 18, 1917	Guido T	324	Kingdom of Italy
February 18, 1917	Skogland	3264	Sweden
February 23, 1917	Longhirst	3053	United Kingdom
February 23, 1917	Mont Viso *	4820	France
February 24, 1917	Dorothy	3806	United Kingdom
February 24, 1917	Prikonisos	3537	Greece
April 3, 1917	Ardgask	4542	United Kingdom
April 4, 1917	Marguerite	1553	United States
April 4, 1917	Parkgate	3232	United Kingdom
April 7, 1917	Maplewood	3239	United Kingdom
April 11, 1917	Miss Morris	156	United Kingdom
April 12, 1917	India	2933	Greece
April 13, 1917	Giuseppe Accame	3224	Kingdom of Italy
April 13, 1917	Odysseus	3463	Greece
April 13, 1917	Stromboli	5466	Kingdom of Italy
April 14, 1917	Patagonians	3832	United Kingdom
April 15, 1917	Panaghi Drakatos	2734	Greece
April 17, 1917	Brisbane River	4989	United Kingdom
April 17, 1917	Corfu	3695	United Kingdom
April 17, 1917	Fernmoor	3098	United Kingdom
April 18, 1917	Trekieve	3087	United Kingdom
April 19, 1917	Sowwell	3781	United Kingdom
April 20, 1917	Leasowe Castle *	9737	United Kingdom
April 20, 1917	Lowdale	2260	United Kingdom
April 20, 1917	Nentmoor	3535	United Kingdom
April 23, 1917	Bandiera E Moro	2086	Kingdom of Italy
April 24, 1917	Bien Aime Prof. Luigi	265	Kingdom of Italy
April 24, 1917	Nordsøen	1055	Denmark
April 24, 1917	Torvore	1667	Norway
April 24, 1917	Vilhelm Krag	3715	Norway
April 27, 1917	Triana	748	Spain
October 13, 1917	Alavi	3627	United Kingdom
October 13, 1917	Despina G. Michalinos	2851	Greece
October 13, 1917	Doris	3979	Kingdom of Italy
October 13, 1917	Lilla	2819	Kingdom of Italy
October 15, 1917	City of Belfast *	1055	United Kingdom
October 18, 1917	Lorenzo	2498	Kingdom of Italy
October 19, 1917	Ikoma Maru	3048	Japan
October 25, 1917	Fannie Prescott	404	United States
October 29, 1917	Namur	6694	United Kingdom
October 31, 1917	Cambric	3403	United Kingdom
November 2, 1917	Maria Di Porto Salvo	91	Kingdom of Italy
November 2, 1917	San Francesco Di Paola G.	91	Kingdom of Italy
December 11, 1917	Persian	3874	United Kingdom
December 20, 1917	Fiscus	4782	United Kingdom
December 20, 1917	Waverley	3853	United Kingdom
December 23, 1917	Pietro	3860	Kingdom of Italy
December 24, 1917	Turnbridge	2874	United Kingdom
December 25, 1917	Argo	3071	United Kingdom
December 25, 1917	Cliftondale	3811	United Kingdom
December 25, 1917	North Pole	2053	Norway
February 23, 1918	Humberto	274	Portugal
February 26, 1918	Pytheas	2690	Norway
February 26, 1918	Kerman *	4397	United Kingdom
February 27, 1918	Marconi *	7402	United Kingdom
March 6, 1918	Daiten Maru	4555	Japan
March 7, 1918	Begona No. 4th	1850	Spain
March 9, 1918	Silverdale	3835	United Kingdom
	Sunk: Damaged: Total: :	546,707 32,490 579,197	* damaged but not sunk

literature

• Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière: “U 35” hunting. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1938. ( Republished as Meine Kriegsfahrten mit U-35. EBook, Sketec-Verlag, Passau 2012.)
• Eberhard Rössler : History of the German submarine building. Volume 1. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1986, ISBN 3-7637-5801-1 .
• Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Manfred Pawlak Verlag, Herrsching 1990, ISBN 3-88199-687-7 .
• Clemens Bogedain: Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. Most successful submarine commander in naval war history - a forgotten "war hero"? Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-515-11256-7 .

Web links

Commons : SM U 35  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• U 35 on uboat.net (English)
• The magic belt ; Film of a patrol with U 35 from March to May 1917 in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic, Königliches Bild- und Filmamt , 1917, 44 min. And 45 sec.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Werner Neulen: Feldgrau in Jerusalem. 2nd edition, Munich: Universitas, 2002, p. 102. ISBN 3-8004-1437-6
2. ↑ Guðmundur Helgason: Ships hit during WWI: Ships hit by U 35 . In: U-Boat War in World War I . Uboat.net. Retrieved March 16, 2009.