SM U-57
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-57.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-57 |
| Ordered: | 6 October 1914 |
| Builder: | A.G. Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down: | 25 August 1915 |
| Launched: | 29 April 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 6 July 1916 |
| Fate: | 24 November 1918 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 57 submarine |
| Displacement: | 786 tons(sf) 954 (sm) |
| Length: | 67 m |
| Draft: | 3.79 m |
| Speed: | 14.7 kn (sf) 8.4 (sm) |
| Test depth: | ~50 m (164 feet) |
| Armament: | Deck gun: 88mm
276 rounds Torpedoes: 6, 2/2 (bow / stern tubes) |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy II Flotilla 7 Jul 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg[1] 6 Jul 1916 - 19 Dec 1917 Oblt Günther Sperling[2] 20 Dec 1917 - 6 Mar 1918 Oblt Walter Stein[3] 7 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 7 patrols |
| Victories: |
55 merchant ships sunk (91,462 GRT) 5 merchant ships damaged (10,157 GRT) 1 warship sunk (1,250 tons)[4] |
SM U-57 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-57 was engaged in naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1916 | Ranee |  United Kingdom |
194 | Damaged |
| 24 September 1916 | Albatross | United Kingdom |
158 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Aphelion | United Kingdom |
197 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Briton | United Kingdom |
134 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Devonshire | United Kingdom |
148 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Laila |  Norway |
807 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Marguerite | United Kingdom |
151 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Otter | United Kingdom |
123 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Sunshine | United Kingdom |
185 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Tarantula | United Kingdom |
155 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Otterhound | United Kingdom |
150 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Cynthia | United Kingdom |
133 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Fisher Prince | United Kingdom |
125 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Gamecock | United Kingdom |
151 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Harrier | United Kingdom |
162 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Loch Ness | United Kingdom |
176 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Nil Desperandum | United Kingdom |
148 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Quebec | United Kingdom |
133 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Seal | United Kingdom |
135 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | St. Hilda | United Kingdom |
94 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Trinidad | United Kingdom |
147 | Sunk |
| 23 October 1916 | HMS Genista |  Royal Navy |
1,250 | Sunk |
| 26 October 1916 | Rowanmore | United Kingdom |
10,320 | Sunk |
| 30 October 1916 | Floreal | United Kingdom |
163 | Sunk |
| 31 October 1916 | Saturn | Norway |
1,108 | Sunk |
| 18 January 1917 | Manchester Inventor | United Kingdom |
4,247 | Sunk |
| 22 January 1917 | Euphrates | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
2,809 | Sunk |
| 22 January 1917 | Minho |  Portugal |
179 | Sunk |
| 22 January 1917 | Trevean | United Kingdom |
3,081 | Sunk |
| 26 January 1917 | Bisagno | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
2,252 | Sunk |
| 22 March 1917 | Sirius | Norway |
1,053 | Sunk |
| 27 March 1917 | Holgate | United Kingdom |
2,604 | Sunk |
| 28 March 1917 | Gafsa | United Kingdom |
3,974 | Sunk |
| 29 March 1917 | Crispin | United Kingdom |
3,965 | Sunk |
| 29 March 1917 | Lincolnshire | United Kingdom |
3,965 | Sunk |
| 30 March 1917 | Lady Patricia | United Kingdom |
1,372 | Damaged |
| 31 March 1917 | Braefield | United Kingdom |
427 | Sunk |
| 5 April 1917 | Ebenezer |  Denmark |
181 | Sunk |
| 12 May 1917 | Refugio | United Kingdom |
2,642 | Sunk |
| 14 May 1917 | Arlington Court | United Kingdom |
4,346 | Damaged |
| 19 May 1917 | Farnham | United Kingdom |
3,102 | Sunk |
| 24 May 1917 | Belgian | United Kingdom |
3,657 | Sunk |
| 1 June 1917 | Teal | United Kingdom |
141 | Sunk |
| 2 July 1917 | May Flower |  Sweden |
55 | Sunk |
| 5 July 1917 | Cuyahoga | United Kingdom |
4,586 | Sunk |
| 7 July 1917 | Tarquah | United Kingdom |
3,859 | Sunk |
| 8 July 1917 | Pegu | United Kingdom |
6,348 | Sunk |
| 10 July 1917 | Garmoyle | United Kingdom |
1,229 | Sunk |
| 16 July 1917 | Benguela | United Kingdom |
5,530 | Damaged |
| 8 October 1917 | Aylevarroo | United Kingdom |
908 | Sunk |
| 8 October 1917 | Richard De Larrinaga | United Kingdom |
5,591 | Sunk |
| 12 October 1917 | Cape Corso | United Kingdom |
3,890 | Damaged |
| 12 October 1917 | Georgios Markettos | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
2,269 | Sunk |
| 13 October 1917 | Diu | Portugal |
5,556 | Sunk |
| 14 October 1917 | East Wales | United Kingdom |
4,321 | Sunk |
| 20 October 1917 | Norden | Sweden |
703 | Sunk |
| 28 November 1917 | Perm | Denmark |
1,312 | Sunk |
| 29 November 1917 | Pierre |  France |
112 | Sunk |
| 30 November 1917 | Courage | United Kingdom |
51 | Sunk |
| 30 November 1917 | Gazelle | United Kingdom |
40 | Sunk |
| 3 December 1917 | Copeland | United Kingdom |
1,184 | Sunk |
| 6 December 1917 | Saint Antoine De Padoue | France |
355 | Damaged |
References
- ↑ "Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg (Pour le Mérite)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Günther Sperling". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Walter Stein". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "U-57". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "SM U-57 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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