SM U-23 (Germany)
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Name | U-23 |
Ordered | 18 March 1911 |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost | 2,808,000 Goldmark |
Yard number | 177 |
Laid down | 21 December 1911 |
Launched | 12 April 1913 |
Commissioned | 11 September 1913 |
Fate | 20 July 1915 - torpedoed and sunk off Fair Isle, Scotland, by HMS C27 |
General characteristics Ocean-going diesel submarine | |
Class and type | German Type U 23 submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 64.70 m (212.3 ft) |
Beam | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3.45 m (11 ft 4 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | about 50 m (160 ft) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 dinghy |
Complement | 4 officers, 31 men |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | 3 patrols |
Victories: | 7 ships sunk (8,822 GRT) |
SM U-23[Note 1] was one of the 329 U-boats serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.
U-23 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
U-23 served on three war patrols, sinking a total of seven ships for 8,822 gross register tons (GRT). She was baited by the Q ship Princess Louise and torpedoed by HMS C27 at 58°55′N 0°14′E / 58.917°N 0.233°E, off Fair Isle, in Shetland, Scotland. Twenty four men died and 10 survived.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[5] |
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13 March 1915 | Invergyle | ![]() |
1,794 | Sunk |
15 March 1915 | Fingal | ![]() |
1,562 | Sunk |
15 May 1915 | Martha | ![]() |
1,182 | Sunk |
19 May 1915 | Chrysolite | ![]() |
222 | Sunk |
19 May 1915 | Crimond | ![]() |
173 | Sunk |
19 May 1915 | Lucerne | ![]() |
154 | Sunk |
22 May 1915 | Minerva | ![]() |
3,735 | Sunk |
References
Notes
- ^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ^ Tonnages are in gross register tons
Citations
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Erwin Weisbach". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Hans Adam (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Egewolf Freiherr von Berckheim (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Hans Schultheß". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 23". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
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Categories:
- World War I submarines of Germany
- Maritime incidents in 1915
- U-boats sunk in 1915
- 1912 ships
- Ships built in Kiel
- U-boats sunk by British submarines
- Type U 23 submarines
- U-boats commissioned in 1913
- World War I shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
- Shipwrecks of Scotland
- 1915 in Scotland
- Fair Isle
- History of Shetland