SM U-97
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-97.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-97 |
| Ordered: | 15 September 1915 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 261 |
| Laid down: | 25 March 1916 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 16 May 1917 |
| Status: | Sank 21 November 1918 en route to surrender |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 93 submarine |
| Displacement: | 808 tons surfaced 946 tons submerged 1160 tons (total) |
| Length: | 70.60 m (overall) 55.55 m (pressure hull) |
| Beam: | 6.30 m (overall) 4.15 m (pressure hull) |
| Draught: | 4.02 m |
| Propulsion: | 2400 hp surfaced 1200 hp submerged |
| Speed: | 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) surfaced 9.1 knots (16.9 km/h; 10.5 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 11,220 nmi (20,780 km; 12,910 mi) surfaced, 56 nmi (104 km; 64 mi) submerged |
| Complement: | 39 men |
| Armament: | 16 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 105mm deck gun with 220 rounds 88mm deck gun |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: IV Flotilla 27 Aug 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Hugo Schmidt[1] 15 May 1917 - 13 Oct 1917 Kptlt Otto Wünsche[2] 14 Oct 1917 - 12 Jan 1918 Kptlt Hans von Mohl[3] 13 Jan 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 5 patrols |
| Victories: |
4 merchant ships sunk (2,089 gross register tons (GRT)) 1 merchant ship damaged (4,785 GRT) |
SM U-97 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-97 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.[4] The German unit sank by accident on her way to surrender at position 53°25′N 3°10′E / 53.417°N 3.167°ECoordinates: 53°25′N 3°10′E / 53.417°N 3.167°E.
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 November 1917 | Conovium |  United Kingdom |
86 | Sunk |
| 22 November 1917 | Elsena | United Kingdom |
335 | Sunk |
| 22 November 1917 | Hartland | United Kingdom |
4,785 | Damaged |
| 11 February 1918 | HMS Westphalia |  Royal Navy |
1,467 | Sunk |
| 2 June 1918 | Argus |  Denmark |
201 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ "Hugo Schmidt". uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Otto Wünsche (Pour le Mérite)". uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Hans von Mohl". uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "U-97". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "SM U-97 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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