SM U 98
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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: | 262 | |
| Launch: | February 28, 1917 | |
| Commissioning: | May 31, 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: | 6th | |
| Successes: | 3 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | extradited to Great Britain on January 16, 1919; In 1919-1920 Blyth scrapped | |
SM U 98 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
Calls
U 98 was launched on 28 February 1917 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel from the stack and was put into service on May 31, 1917th From September 1917 the boat was assigned to the IV. U- Flotilla in Emden and Borkum .
U 98 led six during World War enterprises in the eastern North Atlantic in the British Isles by. Three ships with a total tonnage of 1,798 gross registered tonnes (GRT) were sunk. In addition to ships flying the flags of the opponents of the war, ships flying the flag of Norway and thus of a neutral state were also attacked.
The largest ship sunk by U 98 was the Norwegian freighter Janvold with 1,366 GRT. The Janvold was sunk on May 26, 1918 about 28 miles northwest of Bardsey Island . The ship on its way from Bilbao to Glasgow had iron ore loaded. Four people were killed in the sinking.
Much larger was the British cargo ship Anchoria (5,340 GRT), which was torpedoed off the north coast of Ireland on March 24, 1918 , but was able to escape to Lough Swilly severely damaged .
Whereabouts
After the end of the war, U 98 was delivered to the United Kingdom on January 16, 1919 . The scrapping took place in 1919 and 1920 in Blyth in northern England .
Commanders
- Captain Kurt Beitzen (May 31, 1917 to November 24, 1917)
- First Lieutenant Walter Strasser (November 25, 1917 to December 21, 1917)
- Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Andler (December 22, 1917 to November 11, 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. 69.
- ↑ According to www.uboat.net, a ship with 5,340 tons was also damaged.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: WWI U-boat Successes - Ships hit by U 98 (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Janvold (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net: Ships hit during WWI - Anchoria (Engl.)
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 91.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
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