SM U-29 (Germany)
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-29.
 SM U 29, Commander Otto Weddigen, leaving harbour for the last cruise | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-29 |
| Ordered: | 19 February 1912 |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Launched: | 11 October 1913 |
| Commissioned: | 1 August 1914 |
| Fate: | Rammed and sunk by HMS Dreadnought on 18 March 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 27 submarine |
| Displacement: | 685 tons surfaced 878 tons submerged[1] |
| Length: | 64.7 m (212.3 ft)[2] |
| Beam: | 6.32 m (20.7 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 3.48 m (11.4 ft)[2] |
| Speed: | 16.4 knots (30.4 km/h) surfaced 9.8 knots (18.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 9,770 nautical miles (18,090 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) surfaced 85 nautical miles (157 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 50 m (164.0 ft) |
| Armament: |
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| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: IV Flotilla unknown start - 18 Mar 1915 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Wilhelm Plange 1 Aug 1914 - 15 Feb 1915 Kptlt Otto Weddigen 16 Feb 1915 - 18 Mar 1915 |
| Operations: | 1 patrol |
| Victories: |
4 merchant ships sunk (12,934 GRT) 2 ships damaged (4,317 GRT) |
SM U-29 was a Type U-27 U-boat of the Imperial German Navy. She served during the First World War.
U-29 's last commander was Captain Otto Weddigen. U-29 was sunk with all hands on 18 March 1915 in Pentland Firth after being rammed by HMS Dreadnought.[3] She is the only submarine known to have been sunk by a battleship.
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 1915 | Adenwen |  United Kingdom |
3,798 | Damaged |
| 11 March 1915 | Auguste Conseil |  France |
2,952 | Sunk |
| 12 March 1915 | Andalusian | United Kingdom |
2,349 | Sunk |
| 12 March 1915 | Headlands | United Kingdom |
2,988 | Sunk |
| 12 March 1915 | Indian City | United Kingdom |
4,645 | Sunk |
| 14 March 1915 | Atalanta | United Kingdom |
519 | Damaged |
References
- ↑ Uboat.net U 27 type
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Uboat.net
- ↑ History.ney.mil, Dreadnought
- ↑ "SM U-29 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
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