SM U 58
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 SM U 58 shortly before scuttling on November 17, 1917. |
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Series: | U 57 - U 59 | |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen | |
| Build number: | 213 | |
| Launch: | May 31, 1916 | |
| Commissioning: | August 9, 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 |
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 8th | |
| Successes: | 21 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | Damaged by US destroyer Fanning on November 17, 1917 in the Celtic Sea . Subsequent self-immersion. | |
SM U 58 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War . It was the first German submarine to be lost in an attack by a US warship.
Calls
U 58 ran on 31 May 1916, which AG Weser in Bremen from the stack and was put into service on August 9, 1916th The commissioning commander was Kurt Wippern (August 9, 1916 - June 3, 1917). Later commanders were Peter Hermann (June 4, 1917 - June 26, 1917), Karl Scherb (June 27, 1917 - October 30, 1917) and Gustav Amberger (October 31, 1917 - November 17, 1917).
U 58 carried out eight patrols in the North Sea and in the eastern North Atlantic during the First World War . A total of 21 merchant ships from the Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 30,901 GRT were sunk. These included numerous Scandinavian sailing ships . The largest ship sunk by U 58 was the British tanker Bullmouth . The tanker was attacked on April 28, 1917 en route from Glasgow to Hampton Roads, Virginia, about 125 miles northwest of Tory Island, Ireland. There were no fatalities.
Whereabouts
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U 58 was located southwest of Milford Haven at the entrance to the Bristol Channel when its periscope was sighted by the US destroyer Fanning . Then the destroyer took the submerged submarine with depth charges . One of the explosions damaged the hydroplanes of U 58 and made the boat so unmanageable. Captain Amberger managed to appear in a controlled manner. His crew came on deck of the submarine with their hands raised. However, two crew members stayed below deck to sink the submarine by opening the flood valves themselves so that it does not fall into enemy hands. These two submarine drivers could no longer leave U 58 in time and were killed because U 58 sank rapidly due to the flooding. The remaining 36 German navy members were rescued by the enemy ship and taken prisoner of war . As an approximate lower transition point following coordinates are: 51 ° 32 ' N , 5 ° 21' W .
Footnotes
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 68.
- ↑ uboat.net: Ships hit by U 58
- ↑ According to uboat.net U 58 was south of Ireland, about the length of Cobh .
- ↑ According to uboat.net 51 ° 37′N, 8 ° 12′W.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 90.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Graefelfing before Munich: Urbes, 1998, p. 38.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Graefelfing before Munich: Urbes, 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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