Unterseeboot 1 (1906)

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U-1
Country German Empire
Branch Kaiserliche Marine
Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel
Launched August 4, 1906
Commissioned December 14, 1906
Career
Patrols 0
Successes
No ships sunk or damaged
Fate
Stricken February 19, 1919.

Unterseeboot 1 (also known as U-1) was the first U-boat produced by the German Empire to their Kaiserliche Marine. It was constructed by Germaniawerft in Kiel and commissioned on December 14, 1906. When World War I began in 1914, the boat was deemed obsolete and was used only as a training boat until February 19, 1919, when it was struck by another vessel while on a training exercise.

Construction on U-1 began in the autumn of 1904. The gasoline-powered boat's design was based on Russian submarine designs with only a few minor differences. U-1 had a slight larger pressure hull and had an improved external hull, which prevented oil leakage from the external tanks. The boat began its trials in August 1906, a year later than originally planned.

After suffering damage from a collision while on a training exercise in 1919, U-1 was sold to the Germaniawerft foundation at the Deutsches Museum in Munich where it was restored and can be viewed on display.

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See also: List of U-boats


German Gasoline-powered submarines (Unterseeboot)
U-1 | U-2 | U-3 | U-5 | U-9 | U-13 | U-16 | U-17

List of submarines of Germany
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