SM U 41
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| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat type U 31 - U 41 |
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| Builder: | Germania shipyard, Kiel | |
| Displacement: | 685 tons (above water) 824 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 64.70 m | |
| Width: | 6.32 m | |
| Draft: | 3.56 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.05 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 50-100 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 1850 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 16.4 knots (above water) 9.7 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 2 bow and 2 stern tubes, 6–10 torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm cannon |
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| Crew: | 4 officers 31 men |
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| Successes: | 28 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on September 24, 1915 by the British submarine trap Baralong . | |
SM U 41 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy during the First World War .
Calls
U 41 was commissioned on June 12, 1912. The submarine was launched on October 10, 1914 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel and was put into service on February 1, 1915. Its first and only commander was Kapitänleutnant Klaus Hansen , who had previously commanded U 16 .
At the beginning of the First World War, Hansen was able to achieve numerous sinking of merchant ships of the Entente . He also had ships from neutral states sunk. From May to September 1915, the crew of U 41 sank a total of 28 merchant ships with a total of almost 60,000 GRT .
Whereabouts
On September 24, 1915, U 41 had just sunk the British cargo ship Urbino in accordance with award law when the British submarine trap HMS Baralong came into view. Hansen initially went to a diving station. After a short time, however, the submarine reappeared when the ship hoisted the neutral US flag. When the crew of the U 41 was preparing to check the ship's papers of the supposed “neutral”, the latter opened fire at close range. The U 41 deck gun was manned, but could only score one miss. Hansen therefore let go again and wanted to run underwater. However, the submarine quickly sank to 76 meters, beyond the maximum intended diving depth of 50 meters. Hansen therefore ordered all diving cells to be blown, which resulted in them jumping up to the surface of the water. When it became clear how badly the submarine was damaged, the crew began to disembark. U 41 decreased by bombardment west of the Scilly at position 49 ° 10 ' N , 7 ° 20' W . Only two officers were rescued, and the commander, Klaus Hansen, was among the dead.
Others
The Baralong had already become U 27 's undoing on August 19, 1915 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ uboat.net U 27
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, p. 67.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes, Graefelfing 1998, p. 15f.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes, Graefelfing 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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