SM U-113
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-113.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-113 |
| Ordered: | 5 May 1916 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 282 |
| Launched: | 29 September 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 23 February 1918 |
| Fate: | Surrendered to France 20 November 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 93 submarine |
| Displacement: | 808 tons surfaced 946 tons submerged 1160 tons (total) |
| Length: | 70.60 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 nautical miles (20,780 km) surfaced 56 nautical miles (104 km) submerged |
| Complement: | 39 men |
| Armament: | 16 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 105mm deck gun with 220 rounds 88mm deck gun |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: IV Flotilla Unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Philipp Recke[1] 23 Feb 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 3 patrols |
| Victories: | 4 merchant ship sunk (6,648 gross register tons (GRT)) |
SM U-113 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-113 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.[2]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 1918 | Hermes |  Denmark |
298 | Sunk |
| 21 July 1918 | Anna | Denmark |
212 | Sunk |
| 2 August 1918 | Portugal | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
1,463 | Sunk |
| 4 August 1918 | Clan Macnab |  United Kingdom |
4,675 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ "Philipp Recke (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ "U-113". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "SM U-113 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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