SM U-74
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-74.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-74 |
| Ordered: | 6 January 1915 |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig (Werk 30) |
| Launched: | 10 August 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 24 November 1915 |
| Fate: | 17 May 1916 - Sank in a mine handling accident 3.5 nmi (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) off Dunbar, Scotland. 34 dead (all hands lost).[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UE I submarine |
| Displacement: | 755 tonnes (743 long tons) surfaced 832 tonnes (819 long tons) submerged [2] |
| Length: | 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) (overall)[2] 46.66 m (153 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)[3] |
| Beam: | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) (overall)[2]5 m (16 ft 5 in) (pressure hull)[3] |
| Height: | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)[3] |
| Draught: | 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 900 hp (670 kW) surfaced 660 kW (890 hp) submerged[2] |
| Speed: | 9.6 knots (17.8 km/h; 11.0 mph) surfaced 7.9 knots (14.6 km/h; 9.1 mph) submerged[2] |
| Range: | 5,480 nmi (10,150 km; 6,310 mi) at 7 kn surfaced 83 nmi (154 km; 96 mi) at 4 kn submerged |
| Complement: | 32 men[2] |
| Armament: | One 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes forward and one 50cm torpedo tubes aft with two torpedoes[4] plus one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun two minelaying tubes for 38 mines[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy I Flotilla 18 Mar 1916 - 27 May 1916 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Erwin Weisbach[5] 24 Nov 1915 - 17 May 1916 |
| Operations: | 2 patrols |
| Victories: | 1 ship sunk (2,802 GRT)[1] |
SM U-74 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-74 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 1916 | Sabbia |  United Kingdom |
2,802 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Uboat.net U-74
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Encyclopedia of U-boats (2004), London:Greenhill Books, ISBN 1-85367-623-3, p.32
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Type UE 1 UE ocean minelayers class
- ↑ Fitzsimons, Bernard. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Vol. 23, p.2536.
- ↑ "Erwin Weisbach". Uboat.net. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "SM U-74 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 18 January 2015.