SM U 76
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Single-hull deep-sea boat war order E / UE |
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| Series: | U 75 - U 80 | |
| Builder: | Vulkan shipyard, Hamburg | |
| Build number: | 58 | |
| Launch: | March 12, 1916 | |
| Commissioning: | May 11, 1916 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 755 tons (above water) 832 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 56.80 m | |
| Width: | 5.90 m | |
| Draft: | 4.86 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 5.00 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 40-50 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 900 PS E-machines 900 PS |
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| Speed: | 9.9 knots (above water) 7.9 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 1 × bow torpedo tube (port side) 1 × stern torpedo tube (starboard) (4 torpedoes in the upper deck) 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun 2 × stern mine tube (38 sea mines) |
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 28 men |
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| Calls: | 4th | |
| Successes: | 2 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | Abandoned on January 27, 1917 after being rammed by Russian trawlers off Norway | |
SM U-76 was a diesel-electric mines - submarine of the class UE of the German Imperial Navy . It was used in the First World War .
Special feature of the armament and motorization
The main task of U 76 was laying the sea mines, up to 38 of which could be transported inside the boat. They were laid via two outlet pipes in the stern of the boat. It was therefore not primarily a submarine for torpedo attacks. Compared to other deep-sea submarines, it was relatively weakly motorized. Even the surface speed remained in the single digits. The torpedo armament was only used for self-defense.
Calls
U 76 ran on 12 March 1916, which Vulkan shipyard in Hamburg from the stack and was put into service on 11 May in 1916. The submarine was assigned to the 1st submarine flotilla in June 1916 . The first and only commander was Kapitänleutnant Waldemar Bender , who commanded the submarine from its commissioning until its sinking on January 27, 1917.
During the First World War, U 76 carried out four operations in the eastern North Atlantic and in the North Sea . Among other things, mines were laid off the coast of Murmansk , which sank the Norwegian freighter Botnia on October 17, 1916 (just under 1150 GRT ). In November 1916 the Russian icebreaker Anna I was sunk by mines and the Russian freighter Koursk was damaged.
Whereabouts
On January 22, 1917 - according to other sources on January 26 - U 76 was rammed by a Russian fish steamer off the north coast of Norway and was badly damaged in the process. On January 27, 1917, the submarine got into a severe storm off Hammerfest . Since the machines failed, Bender decided to abandon the boat and sink it by self-blowing. The crew sent distress signals that were noticed by a Norwegian fishing boat. With the exception of one machinist, all crew members were rescued. The submarine decreased approximately at the following position in the island Sørøya : 71 ° 0 ' N , 23 ° 0' O . Since the boat was not lost through direct enemy action, the crew was not interned in Norway . Bender was able to return to Germany and later take command of U 43 . In July 1971 the wreck of the submarine was lifted and then scrapped.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 136.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 123.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Erlangen: Karl Müller Verlag, 1993, p. 68.
- ↑ uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI Botnia (Engl.)
- ↑ uboat.net: Ships hit by U 76
- ^ A b Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Graefelfing: Urbes, 1998, p. 23.
- ↑ 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 .
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Graefelfing: Urbes, 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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