SM U 57
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Series: | U 57 - U 59 | |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen | |
| Build number: | 212 | |
| Launch: | April 29, 1916 | |
| Commissioning: | July 6, 1916 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 786 tons (above water) 954 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 67.00 m | |
| Width: | 6.32 m | |
| Draft: | 3.79 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.05 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 30-49 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 1800 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 14.7 knots (above water) 8.4 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 2 bow and 2 stern tubes, 7 torpedoes 1 or 2 × 8.8 cm deck gun (s) 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun (from 1916/17) |
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 7th | |
| Successes: | 55 sunk merchant ships 1 sunk warship |
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| Whereabouts: | Delivered to France on November 24, 1918. Wrecked in Cherbourg in 1921. | |
SM U-57 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy , which in the First World War was used.
Calls
U 57 ran on 29 April 1916, which AG Weser in Bremen from the stack and was put into service on 6 July 1916th The commanders of the submarine were Carl-Siegfried von Georg (July 6, 1916 - December 19, 1917), Günther Sperling (December 20, 1917 - March 6, 1918) and Walter Stein (March 7, 1918 - November 11, 1918 ).
During the First World War U 57 carried out seven patrols in the North Sea and in the eastern North Atlantic . A total of 55 merchant ships from the Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 91,680 GRT were sunk. These included a British fishing fleet with over 20 boats, which was sunk in the North Sea on September 24th and 25th, 1916. In addition, the British sloop Genista with 1,250 GRT was sunk off the west coast of Ireland on October 23, 1916 . All 73 crew members were killed.
Three days after the Genista was sunk , U 57 encountered the 10,320 GRT Rowanmore . The British cargo ship was en route from Baltimore to Liverpool. It was raised and sunk by torpedo. There were no fatalities.
Whereabouts
The submarine survived the First World War. Shortly after the end of the war, on November 24, 1918, U 57 was extradited to France . In 1921 the submarine was scrapped in Cherbourg .
Footnotes
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 68.
- ↑ uboat.net: Ships hit by U 57
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 90.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
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