SM U-61
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-61.
Career (German Empire) | |
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Name: | U-61 |
Ordered: | 6 October 1914 |
Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen (Werk 216) |
Laid down: | 22 Jun 1915 |
Launched: | 22 July 1916 |
Commissioned: | 2 December 1916 |
Fate: | sunk in a depth charge attack by PC51 at coordinates 51°48′N 05°32′W / 51.800°N 5.533°W on 26 March 1918. 36 dead (all hands lost).[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | German Type U 57 submarine |
Displacement: | 786 t (774 long tons) surfaced 954 t (939 long tons) submerged |
Length: | 67 m (219 ft 10 in) |
Draft: | 3.79 m (12 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion: | 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors |
Speed: | 14.7 kn (27.2 km/h; 16.9 mph) surfaced 8.4 kn (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged |
Test depth: | ~50 m (160 ft) |
Armament: | 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun with 276 rounds torpedoes: 6, 2/2 (bow / stern tubes) |
Service record | |
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Part of: |
Imperial German Navy II Flotilla 15 Feb 1917 - 26 Mar 1918 |
Commanders: |
Kptlt Victor Dieckmann[2] 2 Dec 1916 - 26 Mar 1918 |
Operations: | 9 patrols |
Victories: |
32 merchant ships sunk (80,799 GRT) 6 merchant ships damaged (21,054 GRT) 3 warship damaged (4,444 tons) |
SM U-61 was a German Type U 57 U-boat commissioned and deployed to operate off the coast of the British Isles and attack coastal shipping as part of the U-boat Campaign during World War I.
In a 15-month career spanning nine war patrols, the U-61 plagued allied shipping in the Atlantic Ocean during the German war on Allied trade (Handelskrieg). She sank 32 Allied ships, totalling 80,799 t (79,523 long tons). She also damaged nine ships of 25,498 t (25,095 long tons), including the US Navy destroyer USS Cassin before fleeing the fight. She went missing some time after March 23, 1918.
Summary of Raiding Career
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[3] |
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2 March 1917 | Edvard Grieg | Norway | 989 | Sunk |
3 March 1917 | Rosborg | Denmark | 1,877 | Sunk |
9 March 1917 | Spartan | Norway | 2,287 | Sunk |
10 March 1917 | Angola | Portugal | 4,297 | Sunk |
13 March 1917 | Luciline | United Kingdom | 3,765 | Damaged |
13 March 1917 | Northwaite | United Kingdom | 3,626 | Sunk |
13 March 1917 | Warner | United Kingdom | 1,273 | Sunk |
17 April 1917 | Aburi | United Kingdom | 3,730 | Sunk |
18 April 1917 | Castilian | United Kingdom | 1,923 | Sunk |
21 April 1917 | Skjold | Norway | 1,592 | Sunk |
21 April 1917 | Telena | United Kingdom | 4,778 | Sunk |
23 April 1917 | Calluna | Denmark | 1,405 | Sunk |
23 April 1917 | Lena | United Kingdom | 2,463 | Sunk |
24 April 1917 | Metropolis | Norway | 1,811 | Sunk |
24 April 1917 | Thirlby | United Kingdom | 2,009 | Damaged |
30 April 1917 | Jarstein | Norway | 198 | Sunk |
9 June 1917 | Ada | Sweden | 2,370 | Sunk |
9 June 1917 | Dana | Denmark | 1,590 | Sunk |
10 June 1917 | Betty | Russian Empire | 2,683 | Sunk |
10 June 1917 | Ribera | United Kingdom | 3,511 | Sunk |
14 June 1917 | Widwud | Russian Empire | 299 | Damaged |
16 June 1917 | Fallodon | United Kingdom | 3,012 | Damaged |
17 June 1917 | Raloo | United Kingdom | 1,012 | Sunk |
19 June 1917 | Batoum | United Kingdom | 4,054 | Sunk |
20 June 1917 | Nitonian | United Kingdom | 6,381 | Damaged |
28 July 1917 | Comanchee | United Kingdom | 5,588 | Damaged |
2 August 1917 | Libia | France | 2,416 | Sunk |
4 August 1917 | Countess Of Mar | United Kingdom | 2,234 | Sunk |
5 August 1917 | Sauternes | France | 902 | Sunk |
5 August 1917 | Campo Libre | Spain | 50 | Sunk |
6 August 1917 | Campana | United States | 3,675 | Sunk |
6 August 1917 | Jeanne Et Genevieve | French Navy | 695 | Damaged |
7 August 1917 | Trento | Kingdom of Italy | 3,276 | Sunk |
29 September 1917 | Elmsgarth | United Kingdom | 3,503 | Sunk |
11 October 1917 | Rhodesia | United Kingdom | 4,313 | Sunk |
16 October 1917 | USS Cassin | United States Navy | 1,020 | Damaged |
27 December 1917 | USS Santee | United States Navy | 2,729 | Damaged |
3 January 1918 | Birchwood | United Kingdom | 2,756 | Sunk |
5 January 1918 | Rose Marie | United Kingdom | 2,220 | Sunk |
6 January 1918 | Halberdier | United Kingdom | 1,049 | Sunk |
6 January 1918 | Spenser | United Kingdom | 4,186 | Sunk |
23 March 1918 | Etonian | United Kingdom | 6,515 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ "U61". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Victor Dieckmann (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "SM U-61 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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