SM U-13

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-13.
SM U-13 in the Harbour of Kiel (first boat left)
History
Germany
Name: U-13
Ordered: 23 February 1909
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Cost: 2,101,000 Goldmark
Yard number: 9
Launched: 16 December 1910
Commissioned: 25 April 1912
Fate: 9 August 1914 – rammed by British warship at position 58°22′N 1°16′E / 58.367°N 1.267°E / 58.367; 1.267Coordinates: 58°22′N 1°16′E / 58.367°N 1.267°E / 58.367; 1.267. 23 dead.
General characteristics
Class and type: German Type U 13 submarine
Displacement:
  • 516 t (508 long tons) surfaced
  • 644 t (634 long tons) submerged
Length: 57.88 m (189 ft 11 in)
Beam: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Draught: 3.44 m (11 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 900 PS (890 hp)
  • 2 × SSW electric motors with 1,040 PS (1,030 hp)
  • 550 rpm surfaced
  • 600 rpm submerged
Speed:
  • 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) surfaced
  • 10.7 knots (19.8 km/h; 12.3 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 1 dingi
Complement: 4 officers, 25 men
Armament: 4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern) with 6 torpedoes
Service record
Part of:
  • I Flotilla
  • 1 August 1914 – 10 March 1915
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Hans Artur Graf von Schweinitz und Krain[1]
  • 1–12 August 1914
Operations: 1 patrol
Victories: None

SM U-13[Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-13 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.

Citations

  1. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Hans Artur Graf von Schweinitz und Krain". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

Bibliography

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