SM U-60

Career (German Empire)
Name: U-60
Ordered: 6 October 1914
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen (Werk 215)
Laid down: 22 June 1915
Launched: 5 July 1916
Commissioned: 1 November 1916
Fate: 21 November 1918 - Surrendered. Ran aground on the English East coast on the way to be broken up in 1921.
General characteristics
Class and type: German Type U 57 submarine
Displacement: 786 tons(sf) 954 (sm)
Length: 67 m
Draft: 3.79 m
Speed: 14.7 kn (sf) 8.4 (sm)
Test depth: ~50 m (164 feet)
Armament:

Deck gun: 88mm 276 rounds

Torpedoes: 6, 2/2 (bow / stern tubes)
Service record
Part of: Imperial German Navy
Commanders: Karl Georg Schuster [1]
1 Nov 1916 - 31 Oct 1917

Karl (i.V.) Jasper [2]
1 Nov 1917 - 20 Nov 1917

Franz Grünert [3]
21 Nov 1917 - 11 Nov 1918
Operations: 10 patrols

52 ships sunk for a total of 107,640 tons. 2 ships damaged for a total of 7,164 tons.[1]

SM U-60 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-60 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

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