SM UB-30
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-30.
 SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-30 | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-30 |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] |
| Cost: | 1,152,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number: | 254[1] |
| Launched: | 16 November 1915[1] |
| Completed: | 16 March 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 18 March 1916[3] |
| Fate: | sunk 13 August 1918 by British warships[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB II submarine |
| Displacement: | 274 t (270 long tons) surfaced[2] 303 t (298 long tons) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 36.9 m (121 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 437 m (1,433 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Draft: | 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × Benz diesel engines, 270 shp (200 kW)[2] 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 280 shp (210 kW)[2] |
| Speed: | 9.06 knots (16.78 km/h; 10.43 mph) surfaced[2] 5.71 knots (10.57 km/h; 6.57 mph) submerged[2] |
| Range: | 7,030 nautical miles (13,020 km; 8,090 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: | 42-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: Baltic Flotilla 8 May 1916 – 23 Feb 1917 Flandern Flotilla 23 Feb 1917 – 13 Aug 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Kurt Schapler[4] 18 Mar 1916 - 1 Oct 1916 Oblt Cassius von Montigny[5] 2 Oct 1916 - 7 Aug 1917 Kptlt Wilhelm Rhein[6] 8 Aug 1917 - 21 Apr 1918 Oblt Rudolf Steir[7] 22 Apr 1918 - 13 Aug 1918 |
| Operations: | 19 patrols |
| Victories: |
18 merchant ships sunk (19,650 gross register tons (GRT)) 3 merchant ships damaged (12,007 gross register tons (GRT)) |
SM UB-30 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 22 July 1915 and launched on 16 November 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 March 1916 as SM UB-30.[Note 1]
The submarine sank 18 ships in 19 patrols. They included the William Cory & Son collier SS Vernon in the North Sea off Spurn in 31 August 1917[8] and the Witherington and Everett Steam Ship Company collier SS Lightfoot in the English Channel off Selsey Bill on 16 March 1918.[9]
UB-30 was sunk by two depth charges from HMS Landrail south of Goodwin Sands at 51°9′N 1°46′E / 51.150°N 1.767°ECoordinates: 51°9′N 1°46′E / 51.150°N 1.767°E on 13 December 1916.[3]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October 1916 | August |  Sweden |
346 | Sunk |
| 23 October 1916 | Elly | Sweden |
88 | Sunk |
| 24 October 1916 | Elin |  Russian Empire |
127 | Sunk |
| 24 October 1916 | Ingersoll | Russian Empire |
239 | Sunk |
| 24 October 1916 | Jenny Lind | Russian Empire |
53 | Sunk |
| 24 October 1916 | Urpo | Russian Empire |
111 | Sunk |
| 31 August 1917 | Vernon |  United Kingdom |
982 | Sunk |
| 3 September 1917 | Ragnhild |  United Kingdom |
1,495 | Sunk |
| 26 September 1917 | S.N.A. 3 |  France |
1,709 | Sunk |
| 12 November 1917 | Morning Star | United Kingdom |
129 | Sunk |
| 3 January 1918 | Gartland | United Kingdom |
2,613 | Sunk |
| 5 January 1918 | Glenarm Head | United Kingdom |
3,908 | Sunk |
| 12 January 1918 | Whorlton | United Kingdom |
1,469 | Sunk |
| 2 February 1918 | Jaffa | United Kingdom |
1,383 | Sunk |
| 9 February 1918 | Armenia |  United States |
5,463 | Damaged |
| 5 March 1918 | Clan Mackenzie | United Kingdom |
6,544 | Damaged |
| 7 March 1918 | Braatt II |  Norway |
1,834 | Sunk |
| 16 March 1918 | Lightfoot | United Kingdom |
1,873 | Sunk |
| 18 June 1918 | Norfolk Coast | United Kingdom |
782 | Sunk |
| 10 August 1918 | Madame Renee | United Kingdom |
509 | 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 Gröner 1985, p. 50.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gröner 1985, p. 51.
- ↑ "Kurt Schapler". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Cassius von Montigny". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Wilhelm Rhein (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Rudolf Steir". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (1995–2011). "Vernon". Ships hit during WWI. Guðmundur Helgason. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (1995–2011). "Lightfoot". Ships hit during WWI. Guðmundur Helgason. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ "SM UB-30 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 1 February 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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