SM U 65
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean-going boat | |
| Series: | U 63 - U 65 | |
| Builder: | Germania shipyard, Kiel | |
| Build number: | 249 | |
| Launch: | March 21, 1916 | |
| Commissioning: | May 11, 1916 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 810 tons (above water) 927 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 68.36 m | |
| Width: | 6.30 m | |
| Draft: | 4.04 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.15 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 30-50 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2200 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 16.5 knots (above water) 9 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 2 bow and 2 stern torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes 1 × or 2 × 8.8 cm deck gun 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun (until mid-1918) |
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 11 | |
| Successes: | 48 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | Self-destroyed at the end of October 1918 when Pola gave up. | |
SM U 65 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy , which in the First World War was used.
Calls
U 65 ran on 21 March 1916, which Germaniawerft in Kiel from the stack and was put into service on 11 May in 1916. The commanders of the submarine were Hermann von Fischel (May 11, 1916 - July 18, 1918), Gustav Siess (August 19, 1918 - September 29, 1918) and Clemens Wickel (September 30, 1918 - October 28, 1918).
U 65 was assigned to the IV submarine flotilla ( Emden / Borkum ) until November 1916 and then to the Mediterranean submarine flotilla in Pola until October 1918 .
During the First World War, U 65 carried out eleven enemy voyages in the Mediterranean and the North Sea . A total of 48 merchant ships from the Triple Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 77,715 GRT were sunk. The two largest ships were the French troop transporter Athos (approx. 12,600 GRT) and the British passenger ship Caledonia (approx. 9,200 GRT), which was also used as a troop transport . The Athos was sunk on February 17, 1917 on its voyage from Yokohama to Marseille about 200 miles southeast of Malta . Around 750 people were killed when it went down. The Caledonia was sunk on December 4, 1916 on her voyage from Thessaloniki to Marseille, also near Malta. Among the other sunk ships were numerous small sailing boats , often with Italian flags.
technology
The diesel engines of the submarines U 63 - U 65 were originally commissioned for the Russian Navy . After the beginning of World War I, however, they were confiscated by the German Reich and built into simplified submarine bodies.
Whereabouts
During the evacuation of the Austrian naval port of Pola, U 65 was blown up on October 29, 1918 in coastal waters at position 44 ° 52 ' N , 13 ° 50' E for self- sinking.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
Web links
- uboat.net WWI U-boats U 65 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, p. 139 ff.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, p. 68.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, p. 119.
- ↑ uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Athos
- ↑ uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Caledonia
- ↑ uboat.net: Ships hit by U 65
- ↑ According to uboat.net, the self-sinking occurred the day before, October 28, 1918.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1993, p. 90.
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