SM U-60
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-60.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SM U-60 |
| Ordered: | 6 October 1914 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen (Werk 215) |
| Laid down: | 22 June 1915 |
| Launched: | 5 July 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 1 November 1916 |
| Fate: | 21 November 1918 - Surrendered. Ran aground on the English East coast on the way to be broken up in 1921. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 57 submarine |
| Displacement: | 786 tons surfaced 954 tons submerged |
| Length: | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Draft: | 3.79 m (12.4 ft) |
| Speed: | 14.7 knots (27.2 km/h; 16.9 mph) surfaced 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 11,400 nautical miles (21,100 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)surfaced 55 nautical miles (102 km; 63 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | ~50 m (160 ft) |
| Armament: | Deck gun: 88mm, 276 rounds Torpedoes: 6, 2/2 (bow / stern tubes) |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy II Flotilla 13 Jan 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Karl Georg Schuster[1] 1 Nov 1916 - 31 Oct 1917 Kptlt Karl (i.V.) Jasper[2] 1 Nov 1917 - 20 Nov 1917 Kptlt Franz Grünert [3] 21 Nov 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 10 patrols |
| Victories: |
52 merchant ships sunk (107,640 GRT) 2 merchant ships damaged (7,164 GRT)[4] |
SM U-60 was a German Type UB III submarine of the Imperial German Navy in the First World War. She took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 February 1917 | Ghazee |  United Kingdom |
5,084 | Sunk |
| 5 February 1917 | Lux | United Kingdom |
2,621 | Sunk |
| 5 February 1917 | Warley Pickering | United Kingdom |
4,196 | Sunk |
| 7 February 1917 | Storskog |  Norway |
2,191 | Sunk |
| 14 February 1917 | Hopemoor | United Kingdom |
3,740 | Sunk |
| 17 February 1917 | Dalbeattie | Norway |
1,327 | Sunk |
| 17 February 1917 | Iolo | United Kingdom |
3,840 | Sunk |
| 21 February 1917 | Tecwyn | United Kingdom |
132 | Sunk |
| 29 March 1917 | Os | Norway |
637 | Sunk |
| 4 April 1917 | Domingo | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
2,131 | Sunk |
| 6 April 1917 | Marion | Norway |
1,587 | Sunk |
| 7 April 1917 | Salmo | United Kingdom |
1,721 | Sunk |
| 16 April 1917 | Queen Mary | United Kingdom |
5,658 | Sunk |
| 19 April 1917 | Howth Head | United Kingdom |
4,440 | Sunk |
| 20 April 1917 | Torr Head | United Kingdom |
5,911 | Sunk |
| 23 April 1917 | Svanen |  Denmark |
1,807 | Sunk |
| 10 June 1917 | Clan Alpine | United Kingdom |
3,587 | Sunk |
| 17 June 1917 | Nostra Madre | Kingdom of Italy |
649 | Sunk |
| 19 June 1917 | Brookby | United Kingdom |
3,679 | Sunk |
| 27 June 1917 | Armadale | United Kingdom |
6,153 | Sunk |
| 29 July 1917 | Cesarevitch Alexei |  Russian Empire |
2,387 | Sunk |
| 30 July 1917 | Canis | Norway |
526 | Sunk |
| 9 August 1917 | Agne |  Sweden |
1,010 | Sunk |
| 9 August 1917 | Export | Russian Empire |
2,712 | Sunk |
| 22 September 1917 | Mascotte |  France |
199 | Sunk |
| 23 September 1917 | Gloire | France |
51 | Sunk |
| 23 September 1917 | Henry Lippitt |  United States |
895 | Sunk |
| 23 September 1917 | Jeune Mathilde | France |
58 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1917 | Edouard Detaille | France |
2,185 | Sunk |
| 29 September 1917 | Bon Premier | France |
1,352 | Sunk |
| 29 September 1917 | Eugenie Fautrel | France |
2,212 | Sunk |
| 29 September 1917 | Percy B. |  Canada |
330 | Sunk |
| 1 October 1917 | Saint Pierre | France |
277 | Sunk |
| 2 October 1917 | Eugene Louise | France |
283 | Damaged |
| 3 October 1917 | Saint Antoine | France |
217 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1917 | Stella | France |
219 | Sunk |
| 11 December 1917 | Bard | Norway |
709 | Sunk |
| 12 December 1917 | St. Croix | Norway |
2,530 | Sunk |
| 19 December 1917 | Ingrid II | Norway |
1,145 | Sunk |
| 22 December 1917 | Hunsbrook | United Kingdom |
4,463 | Damaged |
| 21 February 1918 | Hugin | Sweden |
1,667 | Sunk |
| 25 February 1918 | Apollo | Denmark |
242 | Sunk |
| 3 March 1918 | Northfield | United Kingdom |
2,099 | Sunk |
| 4 March 1918 | Quarnero | Kingdom of Italy |
3,237 | Sunk |
| 28 April 1918 | Poitiers | France |
2,045 | Sunk |
| 28 April 1918 | Rimfakse | Norway |
1,119 | Sunk |
| 29 April 1918 | Saint Chamond | France |
2,866 | Sunk |
| 2 May 1918 | Girdleness | United Kingdom |
3,018 | Sunk |
| 4 May 1918 | Polbrae | United Kingdom |
1,087 | Sunk |
| 5 July 1918 | Vera Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
180 | Sunk |
| 13 July 1918 | Plawsworth | United Kingdom |
4,724 | Sunk |
| 17 July 1918 | Harlseywood | United Kingdom |
2,701 | Damaged |
| 17 July 1918 | Saint Georges | France |
633 | Sunk |
| 20 July 1918 | Gemini | United Kingdom |
2,128 | Sunk |
| 20 July 1918 | Orfordness | United Kingdom |
2,790 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ "Karl Georg Schuster (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". WWI U-boat commanders. Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Karl (i.V.) Jasper". WWI U-boat commanders. Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Franz Grünert (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". WWI U-boat commanders. Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "U-60". WWI U-boats. Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "SM U-60 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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