SM U 89
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean- going boat official draft from MS -type war mission F |
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| Series: | U 87 - U 92 | |
| Builder: | Germania shipyard, Kiel | |
| Launch: | October 6, 1916 | |
| Commissioning: | June 21, 1917 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 757 tons (above water) 998 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 65.80 m | |
| Width: | 6.20 m | |
| Draft: | 3.88 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.18 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 45-56 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2400 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 15.6 knots (above water) 8.6 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 2 × 50 cm bow torpedo tube 2 × 50 cm stern torpedo tube (10–12 torpedoes) 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun |
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 3 | |
| Successes: | 4 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | on February 13, 1918. Malin Head ( Ireland ) by British cruiser HMS Roxburgh sunk | |
The SM U 89 was a diesel-electric fleet submarine of the German Imperial Navy , which was used in the First World War . The submarine was rammed by a British armored cruiser in 1918 and sank with the entire crew .
Calls
U 89 ran on 6 October 1916, which Germaniawerft in Kiel from the stack and was put into service on 21 June 1917th From September 1917 the submarine of the III. U- Flotilla assigned in Emden and Wilhelmshaven . The commanders of the submarine were Kapitänleutnant August Mildenberger (June 21, 1917 to January 15, 1918) and Lieutenant Wilhelm Bauck (January 16, 1918 to February 12, 1918).
U 89 introduced three during World War enterprises in the eastern North Atlantic through. 4 merchant ships with a total tonnage of 8,496 gross registered tons (GRT) were sunk. These included ships flying the British, French and Portuguese flags.
The largest ship sunk by U 89 was the Portuguese cargo ship Boa Vista with 3,667 GRT. The Boa Vista was torpedoed on December 21, 1917 on its voyage from Bordeaux to Cardiff, southwest of the Île d'Yeu . Two people were killed.
Whereabouts
When the crew of U 89 ambushed convoys in vain off the North Canal , the submarine was sighted through the Roxburgh on the night of February 13, 1918 . The British cruiser saw the German submarine only 200 meters away and immediately started to ram it. The cruiser tore open the pressure hull of U 89 . At full speed backwards, he rammed the sinking submarine a second time. U 89 went down with the entire crew at about 55 ° 38 ' N , 7 ° 32' W.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 139.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 123.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 68.
- ↑ According to www.uboat.net, a ship with 324 GRT was also damaged.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: WWI U-boat Successes - Ships hit by U 89 (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Boa Vista (Engl.)
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 91.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Urbes, Graefelfing, 1998, p. 44.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes, Graefelfing, 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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