SM U 35
SM U 35 ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
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Technical specifications | ||
Submarine type: | (Two-hull ocean-going boat) U 31 - U 41 |
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Displacement : | 685 t (above water) 878 t (under water) |
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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 |
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Speed : | 16.4 kn (30.4 km / h ) (over water) 9.7 kn (18 km / h) (under water) |
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Driving range : | 8790 nm at 8 kn (over water) 80 nm at 5 kn (under water) |
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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) |
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Crew: | 4 officers 31 men |
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Calls: | 24: 2 reconnaissance trips 20 trade war trips 2 transfer trips |
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Successes: | 224 sunk merchant ships with a total of 535,900 GRT 2 warships sunk with a total of 2,500 t |
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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
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 )
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 |
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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
- 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
- ^ Hans Werner Neulen: Feldgrau in Jerusalem. 2nd edition, Munich: Universitas, 2002, p. 102. ISBN 3-8004-1437-6
- ↑ 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.