SM U-26
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For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-26.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-26 |
| Ordered: | 18 March 1911 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Laid down: | 31 May 1912 |
| Launched: | 16 October 1913 |
| Commissioned: | 20 May 1914 |
| Fate: | 30 September 1915 - Lost in Gulf of Finland August/September 1915 for unknown reason. 30 dead (all hands lost). |
| General characteristics Ocean-going diesel submarine | |
| Class & type: | German Type U 23 submarine |
| Displacement: | 685 tons surfaced / 878 submerged |
| Length: | 64.70 m (212.3 ft) |
| Draft: | 3.56 m |
| Test depth: | about 50 m (160 ft) |
| Armament: |
105 mm (4.1 in) deck gun, 300 rounds four 50 cm (20 in)[1] torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 stern; 6 torpedoes |
SM U-26 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I.
U-26 was engaged in the Naval warfare of World War I in the Baltic Sea. On October 11, 1914, she sank the Russian cruiser Pallada (1906), inflicting the first loss of the war on the Russian navy.
The boat did not return from sea in August 1915 and is assumed to have struck a mine off the coast of Finland, being lost with its entire crew of 30.
References
- ↑ Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. "U-Boats (1905-18)", in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (Phoebus Publishing, 1978), Volume 23, p.2534.
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Coordinates: 59°40′N 25°50′E / 59.667°N 25.833°E
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