SM U 61
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Series: | U 60 - U 62 | |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen | |
| Build number: | 216 | |
| Launch: | July 22, 1916 | |
| Commissioning: | December 2, 1916 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 768 tons (above water) 956 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 67.00 m | |
| Width: | 6.32 m | |
| Draft: | 3.74 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.05 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 30-50 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2400 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 16.5 knots (above water) 8.4 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 2 bow and 2 stern torpedo tubes, 7 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun |
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 9 | |
| Successes: | 34 sunk merchant ships 1 damaged warship |
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| Whereabouts: | Sunk by depth charges in the Irish Sea on March 26, 1918 by the British patrol boat PC 51 . | |
SM U 61 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
Calls
U 61 ran on 22 July 1916, which AG Weser in Bremen from the stack and was put into service on December 2, 1916th The first and only commander of the submarine was Victor Dieckmann .
During the First World War, U 61 carried out nine patrols in the North Sea and Biscay, as well as in the adjacent eastern North Atlantic . A total of 34 merchant ships from the Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 84,861 GRT were sunk.
On October 15, 1917, there was a skirmish off the south coast of Ireland between U 61 and the US destroyer USS Cassin (DD-43) . Kapitänleutnant Dieckmann had the destroyer torpedoed. The torpedo hit the destroyer and tore its stern apart. However, this did not lead to the sinking of the Cassin , from which depth charges were immediately thrown. The explosions damaged the submarine at the command tower and forced it to dive away. The Cassin was able to return to its base and be repaired.
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The largest ship sunk by U 61 was the British passenger steamer Etonian with 6,515 GRT. The Etonian was attacked on March 23, 1918 en route from Liverpool to Boston about 34 miles southeast of Kinsale, Ireland. There were seven fatalities.
Whereabouts
Three days after the sinking of the Etonian , on the evening of March 26, 1918, U 61 surfaced through the St. George's Canal into the Irish Sea . The British patrol boat PC 51 sighted the submarine, which was just 300 meters away. The patrol boat tried to carry out a ramming thrust ahead with extreme force. However, the maneuver was delayed as the rudder of the British craft jammed. This gave U 61 the opportunity to initiate the diving process. However, PC 51 immediately threw three depth charges on the submerged submarine. Floated wreckage and body parts indicated the destruction of the submarine. All 36 crew members were killed. : As an approximate lower transition point following coordinates are 51 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 32' W .
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 before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
Web links
- WWI U-boats U 61 uboat.net (English)
- Memorial plaque for U 61 at the Möltenort submarine memorial
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, p. 68.
- ^ Ships hit during WWI - USS Cassin. uboat.net
- ^ Photo of the destroyed stern of the USS Cassin ( Memento from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ For the battle between USS Cassin and U 61 see the corresponding article in the English language Wikipedia.
- ↑ Ships hit by U 61.uboat.net
- ^ Ships hit during WWI - Etonian. uboat.net
- ↑ According to Bodo Herzog, the patrol boat was numbered PC 61 .
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, p. 90.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Urbes, Graefelfing vor München 1998, p. 45.
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