SM U-64 (Germany)
Career (German Empire) | ![]() |
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Name: | U-64 |
Ordered: | 17 May 1915 |
Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 247) |
Yard number: | 248 |
Laid down: | 19 May 1915 |
Launched: | 29 February 1916 |
Commissioned: | 15 April 1916 |
Fate: | Sunk 17 June 1918 by depth charges from HMS Lychnis at 38°07′N 10°27′E / 38.117°N 10.450°E. 38 dead and 5 survivors.[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | German Type U 63 submarine |
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Length: |
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Beam: |
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Draught: | 4.04 m |
Depth: | ~50 m (164 feet) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 16.5 kn surfaced 9.0 kn submerged |
Range: | 9170 at 8 kn surfaced 60 at 5 kn submerged |
Complement: | 39 men |
Armament: |
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Service record | |
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Part of: |
Imperial German Navy IV Flotilla 31 May 1916 - 19 Nov 1916 Pola/Mittelmeer I Flotilla 19 Nov 1916 - 17 Jun 1918 |
Commanders: |
Kptlt Robert Moraht[3] 15 Apr 1916 – 17 Jun 1918 |
Operations: | 10 patrols |
Victories: |
45 ships sunk (129,569 GRT) 3 ships damaged (9,420 GRT) 1 ship taken as prize (186 GRT) 1 warship sunk (18,300 tons) |
U-64 was a Type U-63 class submarine in the Kaiserliche Marine that served during World War I. She was built in 1916 and served in the Mediterranean Sea.
On 19 March 1917, while on patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea, U-64 encountered the French battleship Danton 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Sardinia.[4] U-64 torpedoed the Danton which sank in 45 minutes with the loss of 296 men.
During her career, U-64 was under the command of Kapitänleutnant Robert Moraht. She was lost on 17 June 1918.
Summary of Raiding Career
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
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25 September 1916 | Bella | ![]() |
11 | Sunk |
26 September 1916 | Loch Ryan | ![]() |
186 | Captured as a prize |
10 November 1916 | Freja | ![]() |
2,168 | Sunk |
10 November 1916 | Tripel | ![]() |
4,633 | Sunk |
15 November 1916 | F. Matarazzo | ![]() |
2,823 | Sunk |
17 February 1917 | Hawk | ![]() |
243 | Sunk |
17 February 1917 | Okement | ![]() |
4,349 | Sunk |
18 February 1917 | Asturian | ![]() |
3,193 | Damaged |
19 February 1917 | Corso | ![]() |
3,242 | Sunk |
12 March 1917 | Nina M. | ![]() |
117 | Sunk |
16 March 1917 | Catania | ![]() |
3,188 | Sunk |
17 March 1917 | Tripoli | ![]() |
658 | Sunk |
19 March 1917 | Danton | ![]() |
18,300 | Sunk |
23 March 1917 | Eptalofos | ![]() |
4,413 | Sunk |
25 March 1917 | Berbera | ![]() |
4,352 | Sunk |
25 March 1917 | Immacolata | ![]() |
137 | Sunk |
5 June 1917 | Kallundborg | ![]() |
1,590 | Sunk |
6 June 1917 | Oriana | ![]() |
1,015 | Sunk |
7 June 1917 | Mama Filomena | ![]() |
148 | Sunk |
9 June 1917 | Fert | ![]() |
5,567 | Sunk |
9 June 1917 | Gratangen | ![]() |
2,484 | Sunk |
12 June 1917 | Moreni | ![]() |
4,045 | Sunk |
19 June 1917 | La Giuseppina | ![]() |
28 | Sunk |
19 June 1917 | Nuovo Mondo Carmelo | ![]() |
25 | Sunk |
12 September 1917 | Gisla | ![]() |
2,118 | Sunk |
12 September 1917 | Urd | ![]() |
3,049 | Sunk |
12 September 1917 | Wilmore | ![]() |
5,395 | Sunk |
14 September 1917 | Amiral De Kersaint | ![]() |
5,570 | Sunk |
14 September 1917 | Ausonia | ![]() |
1,438 | Sunk |
14 September 1917 | Chulmleigh | ![]() |
4,911 | Sunk |
19 October 1917 | War Clover | ![]() |
5,174 | Sunk |
25 October 1917 | Erviken | ![]() |
2,134 | Sunk |
25 October 1917 | Ness | ![]() |
3,050 | Sunk |
25 October 1917 | Sheaf Blade | ![]() |
2,378 | Sunk |
26 October 1917 | Le Tarn | ![]() |
1,658 | Sunk |
28 October 1917 | Ferrona | ![]() |
4,591 | Sunk |
9 December 1917 | Adour | ![]() |
1,940 | Sunk |
10 December 1917 | Crathorne | ![]() |
2,619 | Sunk |
10 December 1917 | Owasco | ![]() |
4,630 | Sunk |
11 December 1917 | D. A. Gordon | ![]() |
2,301 | Sunk |
11 December 1917 | Minorca | ![]() |
1,145 | Sunk |
14 December 1917 | Coila | ![]() |
4,135 | Sunk |
30 January 1918 | Minnetonka | ![]() |
13,528 | Sunk |
4 February 1918 | Participation | ![]() |
2,438 | Sunk |
5 February 1918 | Caprera | ![]() |
1,875 | Sunk |
6 February 1918 | Duca Di Genova | ![]() |
7,893 | Sunk |
7 February 1918 | Montenegro]] | ![]() |
1,306 | Damaged |
8 February 1918 | Agnese Madre | ![]() |
235 | Sunk |
8 February 1918 | Emma Felice | ![]() |
128 | Sunk |
17 June 1918 | Kandy | ![]() |
4,921 | Damaged |
Notes
- ↑ "SM U-64". Uboat.net. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ↑ "Type 63". Uboat.net. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ↑ "Robert Moraht". Uboat.net. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ BBC, "Danton wreck".
- ↑ "U-64 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- Amos, Jonathan (19 February 2009). "Danton wreck found in deep water". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
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