| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SM U-82 |
| Ordered: | 23 June 1915 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 252 |
| Laid down: | 31 August 1915 |
| Launched: | 1 July 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 16 September 1916 |
| Fate: | 16 January 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 81 submarine |
| Displacement: | 808 tons (surfaced) 946 tons (submerged) 1160 tons (total) |
| Length: | 70.06 m (overall) 55.55 m (pressure hull) |
| Beam: | 6.30 m (overall) 4.15 m (pressure hull) |
| Draught: | 4.02 m |
| Propulsion: | 2400 hp (surfaced) 1200 hp (submerged) |
| Speed: | 16.8 knots (surfaced) 9.1 knots (submerged) |
| Range: | 11,220 miles @ 8 knots (surfaced) 56 miles @ 5 knots(submerged) |
| Complement: | 39 men |
| Armament: | 12 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 105mm deck gun with 140 rounds [1] |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Imperial German Navy |
| Commanders: | Hans Adam [1] 16 Sep 1916 - 29 Apr 1918
Heinrich Middendorf [2] |
| Operations: | 11 patrols 36 ships sunk for a total of 110,160 tons. 3 ships damaged for a total of 32,914 tons. |
SM U-82 was a Type Mittel U U-boat of the German Imperial Navy during the First World War.
She was launched on 1 July 1916 and commissioned on 16 September 1916 under Hans Adam. She was assigned to IV Flotilla on 21 November 1916, serving with them throughout the war. She carried out 11 patrols during the war, commanded from 30 Apr 1918 by Heinrich Middendorf. SM U-82 sank 36 ships for a total of 110,160 tons, and damaging a further three ships for 32,914 tons. Among the ships she damaged was the USS Mount Vernon, the former SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie. At 18,372 tons she was one of the largest ships to be hit by a U-boat during the war.[2]
She was surrendered to the British on 16 January 1919 under the terms of the armistice, and was broken up at Blyth between 1919 and 1920.
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