SM U 96
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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 96 - U 98 | |
| Builder: | Germania shipyard, Kiel | |
| Build number: | 260 | |
| Launch: | February 15, 1917 | |
| Commissioning: | April 11, 1917 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 837 tons (above water) 998 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 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2300 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 16.9 knots (above water) 8.6 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 4 × 50 cm bow torpedo tube 2 × 50 cm stern torpedo tube (12-16 torpedoes) 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun |
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 8th | |
| Successes: | 31 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | extradited to Great Britain on November 20, 1918; Wrecked in Bo'ness in 1919/20 | |
SM U 96 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy , which in the First World War was used.
Calls
U 96 was launched on February 15, 1917 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel from the stack and was put into service on 11 April 1917th From May 1917 the boat was assigned to the IV. U- Flotilla in Emden and Borkum . The first and only commanding officer was Lieutenant Heinrich Jeß (April 11, 1917 to August 31, 1918).
U 96 led eight during World War enterprises in the eastern North Atlantic through. 31 merchant ships with a total tonnage of 95,215 gross registered tonnes (GRT) were sunk. In addition to civilian ships of the war opponents, ships flying the flags of neutral states were also attacked.
The largest ship sunk by U 96 was the British passenger ship Apapa with 7,832 GRT. The Apapa was torpedoed on November 28, 1917 on its voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool about three miles northeast of Lynas Point ( Wales ) . Jess prevented an orderly evacuation of the ship with a premature catch , which killed 77 people.
The British cargo ship Custodian , which was torpedoed northwest of the Isle of Man on March 20, 1918, was slightly larger . Three crew members died in the process. The ship, measured with 9,214 GRT, was able to escape and was made seaworthy again.
On the evening of December 6, 1917, U 96 carelessly rammed the German mining submarine UC 69 in the dark . The accident occurred in the English Channel about 8.5 nautical miles north of Cape Barfleur . Although U 96 delayed the sinking by propping it up, UC 69 sank within ten minutes. Eleven crew members were killed.
Whereabouts
U 96 survived the war. On November 20, 1918, the boat was delivered to the United Kingdom . The scrapping took place in the years 1919 to 1920 in the Scottish Bo'ness .
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. 69.
- ↑ According to www.uboat.net, three ships with a total of 16,220 tons were also damaged.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: WWI U-boat Successes - Ships hit by U 96 (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Apapa (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Custodian (Engl.)
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, pp. 99, 120.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes, Graefelfing, 1998, p. 39.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: WWI U-boats - UC 69 (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 .
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