U 10 (ship, 1915)

UB 1
Overview
Type	UB I
Shipyard	Germania shipyard , Kiel
Order	October 15, 1914
Keel laying	November 1, 1914
Launch	January 22, 1915
Commissioning	January 29, 1915
Decommissioning	July 12, 1915
Commissioning	July 12, 1915
home port	Pola
Whereabouts	Wrecked at Pola in 1920
Technical specifications
displacement	127 t above water ; 142 t under water
length	28.1 m
width	3.2 m
Draft	3.0 m
Diving depth	50 m
crew	14th
drive	Daimler diesel engine 45 kW (60 PS) ; SSW electric motor 89 kW (120 PS)
speed	6.5 kn (12 km / h ) over water ; 5.5 kn (10.2 km / h) under water
Range	1,650 nm (3,056 km ) at 5 kn (9.3 km / h) over water ; 45 nm (83 km) at 4 kn (7 km / h) under water
Bunker quantity	3.5 t fuel oil
Armament	2 bow torpedo tubes with 2 × 45 cm torpedo, ; rapid loading cannon 3.7 cm L / 23 from October 1916, ; rapid loading cannon 4.7 cm L / 23 from November 1917
Dive time	22 s
Build number	239

U 10 , also UX , was the type boat of submarine class 10 of the kuk Kriegsmarine during the First World War . The U 10 was originally put into service as UB 1 in the Imperial Navy .

Planning and construction

U 10 was a small single-hulled boat for use near the coast with a displacement of 127 t above and 142 t under water. It was equipped with a drive shaft , a 45 kW - Daimler - diesel engine and a 89 kW electric motor for underwater driving. U 10 offered space for an officer and 13 crews, was up to 6.5 kn (12 km / h ) over water and up to 5.5 kn (10.2 km / h) at a maximum diving depth of 50 meters.

U 10 was armed with two bow torpedo tubes and two 45 cm torpedoes . The literature does not reveal whether the U 10 was equipped with the 7.92 mm MG 08, which is typical for UB-I boats , and whether the MG, if available, was retained in Austro-Hungarian service. A 3.7 cm L / 23 rapid-loading cannon supplemented the armament in October 1916. In November 1917, it was replaced by a 4.7 cm L / 23 rapid-loading cannon.

The keel of U 10 was laid on November 1st, 1914 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel . The launch as UB 1 took place on January 22, 1915. Oberleutnant zur See Franz Wäger put UB 1 into service on January 29, 1915. The submarine was dismantled into sections and transported by train to the Austro-Hungarian naval base Pola and reassembled there. The assembly time for UB 1 is not known. As for the sister submarine UB 3 , which was transferred from Germany in mid-April 1915, the time for assembly should have been around two weeks.

Calls

During the test drives on June 26, 1915, UB 1 was able to sink an Italian torpedo boat in the Gulf of Venice . During the test, an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Navy was assigned to the submarine as navigator and for training purposes.

Battleship Lieutenant Karl Edler von Unczowski took UB 1 on July 12, 1915, the Imperial and Royal Navy, and set it as U 10 in service.

On May 11, 1917 there was an encounter between the British submarine H4 and U 10 . While H4 was cruising in front of Pola, it encountered U 10 and shot a torpedo fan at the submarine. With an opening angle of 5 °, the two torpedoes were obviously aimed too far at a distance of 365 meters, as the commander of H4 observed that the torpedoes just passed the bow and stern of U 10 .

U 10 ran on 9 July 1918 in front of the mouth of the Tagliamento on a sea mine . With severe damage, but without loss of the crew, it was beached. On July 26th, 1918 troops of the Austro-Hungarian Army salvaged U 10 and dragged it to Trieste for repairs . The repairs were not completed by the end of the war. U 10 went to Italy as a reparation payment and was scrapped in Pola in 1920. During his service in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, U 10 could not sink any ships.

Commanders

Period	Surname	Submarine
January 29, 1915 - July 12, 1915	Oblt.zS Franz Wäger	UB 1
July 12, 1915 - September 10, 1915	Liner of the line lieutenant Karl Edler von Unczowski	U 10
September 16, 1915 - August 22, 1916	Lieutenant of the line ship Leo Prásil	U 10
August 22, 1916 - December 10, 1916	Liner of the line Otto Molitor	U 10
December 10, 1916 - June 11, 1917	Liner of the line Hermann Rigele	U 10
June 15, 1917 - July 26, 1917	Liner lieutenant Albrecht Graf von Attems	U 10
July 26, 1917 - November 24, 1917	Liner of the line Robert Dürrial	U 10
November 25 - March 17, 1918	Liner lieutenant Andreas Korparic	U 10
May 23, 1918 - May 26, 1918	Liner lieutenant Friedrich Sterz	U 10
May 26, 1918 - August 31, 1918	Liner lieutenant Johann Ulmansky von Vracsevgaj	U 10

Use statistics

date	Surname	Type	Tonnage (GRT)	nationality	fate
74127715450 ♠June 26, 1915	Torpedine 5 pn	Torpedo boat	120	Italy Marina Regia	sunk

gallery

U 10 in the Adriatic
Final assembly in the dock
In the port of Pola

Web links

U10 diving maneuvers

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Robert Gardiner; Randal Gray: Conway's all the world's fighting ships, 1906-1921 . Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland 1985, ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8 , pp. 343 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Harald Bendert: The UB boats of the Imperial Navy 1914–1918: missions - successes - fate . Mittler, Hamburg; Berlin; Bonn 2000, ISBN 978-3-8132-0713-2 , pp. 11-15, 38 .
↑ ^a ^b Robert Gardiner; Randal Gray: Conway's all the world's fighting ships, 1906-1921 . Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland 1985, ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8 , pp. 180 (English).
↑ ^a ^b Eberhard Rössler: The submarines of the Imperial Navy . Bernard and Graefe, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-7637-5963-8 .
↑ Eberhard Rössler: History of the German submarine building. 1: Development, construction and characteristics of the German submarines from the beginning until 1943 . tape 1 . Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-153-8 .
↑ Guðmundur Helgason: WWI U-boats: UB-1 . In: U-Boat War in World War I . Retrieved January 19, 2010.
↑ Dwight R. Messimer: Lost: World War I U-boat losses . Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland 2002, ISBN 978-1-55750-475-3 , pp. 126-127 (English).
↑ Guðmundur Helgason: Ships hit during WWI: Torpediniere 5 Pn . In: U-Boat War in World War I . Retrieved January 19, 2010.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Guðmundur Helgason: WWI U-boats: U KUK U10 . In: U-Boat War in World War I . Retrieved January 19, 2010.
^ ^A ^b Richard Compton-Hall: Submarines at war, 1914-18 . Periscope Pub, Penzance 2004, ISBN 978-1-904381-21-1 , pp. 242 (English).

[Con-343-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Robert Gardiner; Randal Gray: Conway's all the world's fighting ships, 1906-1921 . Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland 1985, ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8 , pp. 343 (English).

[Bendert-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Harald Bendert: The UB boats of the Imperial Navy 1914–1918: missions - successes - fate . Mittler, Hamburg; Berlin; Bonn 2000, ISBN 978-3-8132-0713-2 , pp. 11-15, 38 .

[Con-UBI-3] Robert Gardiner; Randal Gray: Conway's all the world's fighting ships, 1906-1921 . Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland 1985, ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8 , pp. 180 (English).

[Roessler3-4] Eberhard Rössler: The submarines of the Imperial Navy . Bernard and Graefe, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-7637-5963-8 .

[Roessler-5] Eberhard Rössler: History of the German submarine building. 1: Development, construction and characteristics of the German submarines from the beginning until 1943 . tape 1 . Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-153-8 .

[UB-1-6] Guðmundur Helgason: WWI U-boats: UB-1 . In: U-Boat War in World War I . Retrieved January 19, 2010.

[Messimer-7] Dwight R. Messimer: Lost: World War I U-boat losses . Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland 2002, ISBN 978-1-55750-475-3 , pp. 126-127 (English).

[5Pn-8] Guðmundur Helgason: Ships hit during WWI: Torpediniere 5 Pn . In: U-Boat War in World War I . Retrieved January 19, 2010.

[KUK-U-10-9] Guðmundur Helgason: WWI U-boats: U KUK U10 . In: U-Boat War in World War I . Retrieved January 19, 2010.

[Compton-Hall-10] A ^b Richard Compton-Hall: Submarines at war, 1914-18 . Periscope Pub, Penzance 2004, ISBN 978-1-904381-21-1 , pp. 242 (English).