SM U-58
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-58.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-58 |
| Ordered: | 6 October 1914 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1915 |
| Launched: | 31 May 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 9 August 1916 |
| Fate: | Depth charged by the destroyer USS Fanning in Bristol Channel at 5132N 0521W. 2 dead, 38 survivors. |
| 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) [1] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy II Flotilla 16 Oct 1916 - 17 Nov 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Kurt Wippern[2] 9 Aug 1916 - 3 Jun 1917 Kptlt Peter Hermann[3] 4 Jun 1917 - 26 Jun 1917 Kptlt Karl Scherb[4] 27 Jun 1917 - 30 Oct 1917 Kptlt Gustav Amberger[5] 31 Oct 1917 - 17 Nov 1917 |
| Operations: | 8 patrols |
| Victories: | 21 merchant ships sunk (30,906 GRT) |
SM U-58 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-58 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Fate
The boat was sunk with the loss of two men and the capture of the rest of the crew in the Action of 17 November 1917.
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 October 1916 | Ellen |  Sweden |
140 | Sunk |
| 4 December 1916 | Senta | Sweden |
1,024 | Sunk |
| 5 December 1916 | Stettin |  Norway |
412 | Sunk |
| 1 March 1917 | Norma | Norway |
850 | Sunk |
| 25 April 1917 | Havila |  Denmark |
1,421 | Sunk |
| 25 April 1917 | Hawthornbank | Denmark |
1,369 | Sunk |
| 25 April 1917 | Sokoto | Denmark |
2,259 | Sunk |
| 27 April 1917 | Dromore |  United Kingdom |
4,398 | Sunk |
| 27 April 1917 | Langfond | Norway |
1,097 | Sunk |
| 28 April 1917 | Bullmouth | United Kingdom |
4,018 | Sunk |
| 2 May 1917 | Beeswing | United Kingdom |
1,462 | Sunk |
| 2 May 1917 | Dione | Norway |
785 | Sunk |
| 2 May 1917 | Vanduara | Norway |
2,079 | Sunk |
| 5 May 1917 | Asra | Norway |
1,975 | Sunk |
| 18 June 1917 | Bega | United Kingdom |
318 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Ivigtut | Denmark |
456 | Sunk |
| 6 July 1917 | Motor | Denmark |
63 | Sunk |
| 8 July 1917 | Fiorella | Norway |
1,168 | Sunk |
| 13 July 1917 | Charilaos Tricoupis | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
2,475 | Sunk |
| 21 July 1917 | Ramillies | United Kingdom |
2,935 | Sunk |
| 14 November 1917 | Dolly Warden | United Kingdom |
202 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ Uboat.net u-58
- ↑ "Kurt Wippern". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Peter Hermann". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Karl Scherb". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Gustav Amberger". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "SM U-58 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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