SM U 4

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SM U 4
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German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge)
Technical specifications
Submarine type: Two-hull ocean-going boat
Submarine class: U 3 -U 4
Displacement: 421 tons (above water)
510 tons (under water)
Length: 51.28 m
Width: 5.6 m
Draft: 3.05 m
Max. Diving depth: 30 m
Drive: Petroleum motors 600 HP
E-machines 1030 HP
Armament: 2 bow and 2 stern tubes, 6 torpedoes
1 × revolver cannon (until 1914)
1 × 5 cm gun (from 1915)
Crew: 3 officers
19 men
Speed: 11.8 knots (above water)
9.4 knots (under water)
Launch: May 18, 1909
Commissioning: July 1, 1909
Calls: Training rides
Successes: no depressions
Whereabouts: on January 27, 1919 deleted from the list of warships
1919 scrapped at the Reichswerft Kiel

SM U 4 (His Majesty Submarine 4) was a German submarine of the Imperial Navy .

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U 4 was built by the Imperial Shipyard in Gdansk. It was one of a total of 329 German submarines in the First World War . U 4 was used for training purposes over the entire duration of the war and was therefore not successful in sinking.

literature

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

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