SM U-75

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For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-72.
Career (German Empire)
Name: U-75
Ordered: 9 March 1915
Builder: AG Vulkan, Hamburg (Werk 57)
Launched: 30 January 1916
Commissioned: 26 March 1916
Fate: 13 December 1917 - Struck a mine off Terschelling . 23 dead, unknown number of survivors.[1]
General characteristics
Class & type: German Type UE I submarine
Displacement: 755 tonnes (743 long tons) surfaced
832 tonnes (819 long tons) submerged
[2]
Length: 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) (overall)[2]
46.66 m (153 ft 1 in) pressure hull[3]
Beam: 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) (overall)[2]5 m (16 ft 5 in) pressure hull[3]
Height: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)[3]
Draught: 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)[2]
Propulsion: 900 hp (670 kW) surfaced
660 kW (890 hp) submerged[2]
Speed: 9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph) surfaced
7.9 knots (14.6 km/h; 9.1 mph) submerged[2]
Range: 7,880 nmi (14,590 km; 9,070 mi) at 7 kn surfaced 83 nmi (154 km; 96 mi) at 4 kn submerged
Complement: 32 men[2]
Armament: One 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes forward and one 50cm torpedo tubes aft with two torpedoes[4]
plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun
two minelaying tubes for 38 mines[2]
Service record
Part of: Imperial German Navy
Commanders: Kptlt. Curt Beitzen
26 Mar 1916 - 1 May 1917

Fritz Schmolling
2 May 1917 - 13 Dec 1917
Operations:

7 patrols
29 Jun 1916 - 13 Dec 1917 I Flotilla

11 ships sunk for a total of 18,347 GRT. 2 ships damaged for a total of 4,192 GRT. 1 ship taken as prize for a total of 1,700 GRT.

1 warship sunk for a total of 10,850 GRT.[1]

SM U-75 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-75 was engaged in naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

On her first mission U-75 laid the mine that sank the cruiser HMS Hampshire during her voyage to Russia carrying British Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener. The cruiser sank at 59°07′N 03°24′W / 59.117°N 3.400°W / 59.117; -3.400 west of the Orkney Islands with heavy loss of life in a force 9 gale.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Uboat.net U-75
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Encyclopedia of U-boats (2004), London:Greenhill Books, ISBN 1-85367-623-3, p.32
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Type UE 1 UE ocean minelayers class
  4. ↑ Fitzsimons, Bernard. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Vol. 23, p.2536.
  • List of German U-boats
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