SM U 93
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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 93 - U 95 | |
| Builder: | Germania shipyard, Kiel | |
| Build number: | 257 | |
| Launch: | December 15, 1916 | |
| Commissioning: | February 10, 1917 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 838 tons (above water) 1000 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 71.55 m | |
| Width: | 6.30 m | |
| Draft: | 3.94 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.15 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 45-66 | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2400 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 16.8 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 L / 45 deck gun (from 1918) 1 × 8.8 cm L / 30 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: | 33 sunk merchant ships 1 damaged Q-ship |
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| Whereabouts: | missing off Brittany in January 1918 | |
SM U 93 was a diesel-electric fleet submarine of the German Imperial Navy , which was used in the First World War .
Calls
U 93 ran on 15 December 1916, which Germaniawerft in Kiel from the stack and was put into service on 10 February 1917th From April 1917 the submarine was assigned to the IV. U- Flotilla in Emden and Borkum .
U 93 led five during World War enterprises in the eastern North Atlantic through. 33 merchant ships with a total tonnage of 87,798 gross registered tonnes (GRT) were sunk. In addition to civilian ships of the war opponents, ships flying the flags of neutral countries were also attacked.
On April 30, 1917, U 93 was badly damaged in an artillery battle with the British submarine trap Prize (approx. 200 GRT). The commandant, Freiherr von Spiegel, went overboard in the battle, together with a non-commissioned officer and the helmsman; all three became prisoners of war . U 93 dived away and started the journey home under the command of the first officer on watch .
The largest ship sunk by U 93 was the British cargo ship Volodia with almost 5,700 GRT. The Volodia was sunk on August 21, 1917 on its voyage from Montreal to London about 285 miles southwest of Ushant (France) . Ten people were killed.
Was much larger, however, the US troop transport Finland , which is about 150 miles from the October 28, 1917 Brest away torpedoed was. Nine crew members died. The ship, measuring around 12,000 GRT, was able to reach Brest severely damaged and be repaired.
Whereabouts
On December 29, 1917, U 93 left the Ems for an enemy voyage through the English Channel , which was supposed to lead the submarine off the coast of northern France. On January 5, 1918, there was radio contact with the German submarine UC 17 when U 93 was west of Penmarch . Subsequent sinkings suggest that U 93 was in service until at least mid-January 1918.
Commanders
- Lieutenant Baron Edgar mirror to and from Peckelsheim : February 10, 1917 to April 30, 1917
- First Lieutenant Wilhelm Ziegner: April 30, 1917 to May 22, 1917
- Captain Helmut Gerlach: May 23, 1917 to January 1918
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, 34 ships with a total tonnage of 87,872 tons and three ships with a total of 12,628 tons were damaged.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: WWI U-boat Successes - Ships hit by U 93 (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Prize (Engl.)
- ^ Ziegner: Eine U-Bootsfalle, in: Eberhard von Mantey (Ed.): Auf See undbesiegt, second volume, JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1922, p. 26 f.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Volodia (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Finland (Engl.)
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Urbes, Graefelfing, 1998, p. 42f.
- ↑ Dwight R. Messimer: Lost - World War I U-Boat Losses. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis 2002, ISBN 1-55750-475-X , p. 109.
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 93 on www.uboat.net
- Memorial plaque for SM U 93 at the submarine memorial in Möltenort
- Website about SM U 93 (French)
- U-boat sketch of SM U 93
- Photo by SM U 93
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