SM U 92
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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: | Imperial Shipyard Danzig , Danzig | |
| Build number: | D 36 | |
| Launch: | May 12, 1917 | |
| Commissioning: | October 22, 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 × 10.5 cm deck gun 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun |
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| Mission data | ||
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 5 | |
| Successes: | 5 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | missing between Scotland and Norway since September 9, 1918; Wreck found east of Orkney (presumably mine hit) | |
The SM U 92 was a diesel-electric fleet submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
Calls
U 92 was launched on 12 May 1917 at the Imperial Shipyard in Gdansk from the stack and was put into service on 22 October 1917th From December 1917 the submarine of the III. U- Flotilla assigned in Emden and Wilhelmshaven . The commanders of the boat were Kapitänleutnant Max Bieler (October 22, 1917 to May 31, 1918) and Lieutenant Günther Ehrlich (June 1, 1918 to September 9, 1918).
U 92 led five during World War enterprises in the eastern North Atlantic through. Five merchant ships with a total tonnage of 15,961 gross registered tonnes (GRT) were sunk. In addition to civilian ships of the enemy, ships flying the flag of the neutral countries Sweden and Spain were also sunk.
The largest ship sunk by U 92 was the almost 5,800 GRT freighter Westover , which served as an auxiliary ship for the US Navy . The Westover was sunk on July 11, 1918 on her voyage from New York to St. Nazaire south of Ireland . Eleven people were killed.
The British tanker British Princess , which was torpedoed at Lough Swilly on March 4, 1918, was slightly larger . One crew member died. The tanker, measured at around 7,000 GRT, was able to escape and enter a port.
Whereabouts
On September 4, 1918 U 92 ran out on a patrol into the North Sea , which was supposed to lead the submarine into the Irish Sea . On September 9, 1918 U 92 reported one last time when it was in front of the Fair Isle Passage.
The wreck of U 92 was found in 2006 and identified by divers in 2007. The remains are located east of the Orkney Islands. It can be assumed that U 92 ran into a sea mine in the Northern Barrage , which was located there at the end of the First World War.
Notes and individual references
- ↑ 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, two ships with a total of 7,373 tons were also damaged.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: WWI U-boat Successes - Ships hit by U 92 (Engl.)
- ^ The Westover in the English language Wikipedia.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Westover (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - British Princess (Engl.)
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Urbes, Graefelfing, 1998, p. 56.
- ↑ British Coast Guard on the discovery of U 92 and U 102 (Eng.)
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 91.
- ↑ report a dive to U 92 (Engl.)
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 .
Web links
- SM U 92 on www.uboat.net
- Memorial plaque for SM U 92 at the submarine memorial in Möltenort
- Site about SM U 92 (Engl.)
- Photo by SM U 92
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