Unterseeboot 5 (1910)
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| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-5 |
| Ordered: | April 8, 1908 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Laid down: | August 24, 1908 |
| Launched: | January 8, 1910 |
| Commissioned: | July 2, 1910 |
| Fate: | Sunk December 18, 1914. 29 dead. |
| Class and type: | U 5 |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kaiserliche Marine: I Flottille |
| Commanders | Johannes Lemmer |
| Operations | 2 |
| Victories | No ships sunk or damaged |
Unterseeboot 5 (also known as U-5) was a German Type U 5 U-boat built for the Kaiserliche Marine. She was commissioned July 2, 1910 in Germaniawerft in Kiel. She served in World War I under the command of Johannes Lemmer, with no recorded sinkings of enemy ships on two patrols. She was destroyed in an accident off the Belgian coast December 18, 1914, with all hands lost.
[edit] References
- Robert C. Stern. Battle Beneath the Waves: U-boats at War, Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2002. ISBN 0-304-36228-X
[edit] External links
- U-boat.net. List of all U-Boats – U-5. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
See also: List of U-boats
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