SM UB-19
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-19.
 SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-19 | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-19 |
| Ordered: | 30 April 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] |
| Yard number: | 249[1] |
| Launched: | 2 September 1915[1] |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1915[1] |
| Fate: | sunk by British Q ship, 30 November 1916[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB II submarine |
| Displacement: | 263 t (259 long tons) surfaced[2] 292 t (287 long tons) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 36.13 m (118 ft 6 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 436 m (1,430 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Draft: | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × Daimler diesel engines, 284 shp (212 kW)[2] 2 ×Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 280 shp (210 kW)[2] |
| Speed: | 9.15 knots (16.95 km/h) surfaced[2] 5.81 knots (10.76 km/h) submerged[2] |
| Range: | 6,650 nautical miles (12,320 km; 7,650 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced[2] 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots submerged[2] |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[2] |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 21 men[2] |
| Armament: | 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes[2] 4 × torpedoes (later 6) 1 × 5 cm SK L/40 gun[2] |
| Notes: | 45-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: Flandern Flotilla 1 Mar 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Walter Gustav Becker[3] 17 Dec 1915 - 3 Nov 1916 Oblt Erich Noodt[4] 4 Nov 1916 - 30 Nov 1916 |
| Operations: | 15 patrols |
| Victories: | 14 merchant ship sunk (11,590 gross register tons (GRT)) |
SM UB-19 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 30 April 1915 and launched on 2 September 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 16 December 1915 as SM UB-19.[Note 1] The submarine sank 14 ships in 15 patrols for a totel of 11,558 gross register tons (GRT). UB-19 was sunk in the English Channel at 49°56′N 2°45′W / 49.933°N 2.750°WCoordinates: 49°56′N 2°45′W / 49.933°N 2.750°W on 30 November 1916 by British Q ship HMS Penshurst (Q 7).[2]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 1916 | Osprey |  United Kingdom |
18 | Sunk |
| 24 July 1916 | Mars |  Norway |
106 | Sunk |
| 10 August 1916 | San Bernardo | United Kingdom |
3,803 | Sunk |
| 4 October 1916 | Jennie Bullas | United Kingdom |
26 | Sunk |
| 4 October 1916 | Jersey | United Kingdom |
162 | Sunk |
| 4 October 1916 | Rado | United Kingdom |
182 | Sunk |
| 5 October 1916 | Rover | United Kingdom |
42 | Sunk |
| 25 October 1916 | Comtesse De Flandre | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
1,810 | Sunk |
| 26 October 1916 | Iduna |  France |
165 | Sunk |
| 22 November 1916 | Houlgate | France |
1,550 | Sunk |
| 24 November 1916 | Jerseyman | United Kingdom |
358 | Sunk |
| 27 November 1916 | Belle Ile | Norway |
1,884 | Sunk |
| 27 November 1916 | Visborg | Norway |
1,343 | Sunk |
| 30 November 1916 | Behrend |  United Kingdom |
141 | Sunk |
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rössler 1979, p. 64.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 Gröner 1985, p. 50.
- ↑ "Walter Gustav Becker". uboat.net. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Erich Noodt". uboat.net. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "SM UB-19 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal (in German). Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften (in German) I (Munich: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
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