| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-17 |
| Ordered: | 6 May 1910 |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig |
| Yard number: | 11 |
| Laid down: | 1 October 1910 |
| Launched: | 16 April 1912 |
| Commissioned: | 3 November 1912 |
| Struck: | 27 January 1919 |
| Fate: | Struck 27 January 1919, scrapped at Imperial Dockyard, Kiel. Pressure hull sold to Stinnes, Hamburg on 3 February 1920. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 17 submarine |
| Displacement: | 564 tons surface, 691 tons submerged. |
| Length: | 62.35 m (204 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Height: | 7.30 m (23 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 Korting heavy oil engine.[1] |
| Speed: | 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h) surface, 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) submerged. |
| Range: | 6,700 nautical miles (7,700 mi; 12,400 km) surface, 75 nautical miles (86 mi; 139 km) submerged |
| Armament: | 6 torpedoes.[2] |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Imperial German Navy Baltic Flotilla, II Flotilla, Training Flotilla |
| Commanders: | Johannes Feldkirchener 1 Aug 1914 – 7 Mar 1915, Hans Walther 2 Mar 1916 – 9 Jan 1916 |
| Operations: | 4 patrols |
| Victories: | 12 ships sunk for a total of 16,550 tons; 1 ship captured for a total of 3,538 tons. |
SM U-17 was a German submarine during the First World War. U-17 sank the first British merchant vessel in the First World War, and also sank another nine ships and captured one ship, surviving the war without casualty.
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On 1 August 1914, Kapitänleutnant Johannes Feldkirchener was given command of U-17.[3] On 20 October, U-17 stopped the 866 ton SS Glitra off the Norwegian coast, and having searched her cargo, ordered the crew to the lifeboats before scuttling the vessel. On 26 October, U-17 torpedoed the French ferry Admiral Ganteaume in the Strait of Dover. The vessel made port before sinking, with the loss of 40 lives out of over 2,500 on board.[4]
On 2 March 1915 the command of U-17 passed to Hans Walther. On 12 June 1915, U-17 chased and torpedoed the SS Desabla off the coast of Scotland. The crew escaped on lifeboats while the vessel was scuttled and sunk. Walther's command ended on 9 January 1916 and the next day U-17 joined the Training Flotilla.[3]
U-17 was decommissioned on 27 January 1919 and sold for scrapping.
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