SM UB-37
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-37.
 SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-37 | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-37 |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] |
| Cost: | 1,152,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number: | 261[3] |
| Launched: | 28 December 1915[3] |
| Completed: | 10 June 1916[3] |
| Commissioned: | 17 June 1916[4] |
| Fate: | sunk by British Q ship 14 January 1917[4] |
| 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: Flandern Flotilla 5 Jul 1916 – 14 Jan 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt Hans Valentiner[5] 17 May 1916 - 6 Nov 1916 Oblt Paul Günther[6] 7 Nov 1916 - 14 Jan 1917 |
| Operations: | 10 patrols |
| Victories: |
31 merchant ships sunk (20,504 gross register tons (GRT)) 3 merchant ships damaged (1,622 gross register tons (GRT)) 1 merchant ship taken as a prize (400 gross register tons (GRT)) |
SM UB-37 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 28 December 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 17 June 1916 as SM UB-37.[Note 1]
The submarine sank 31 ships in 10 patrols.[7] UB-37 was sunk by British Q ship HMS Penshurst in the English Channel on 14 January 1917.[4]
The wreck of UB-37 was identified by marine archaeologist Innes McCartney in 1999.
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 1916 | Samsø |  Denmark |
388 | Damaged |
| 22 July 1916 | Bams |  Norway |
308 | Sunk |
| 22 July 1916 | Ida |  Sweden |
302 | Sunk |
| 22 July 1916 | Juno | Norway |
355 | Sunk |
| 22 July 1916 | Preference | Sweden |
222 | Sunk |
| 22 July 1916 | Subra | Norway |
580 | Sunk |
| 9 August 1916 | Danevang | Denmark |
1,247 | Sunk |
| 11 August 1916 | Rufus | Norway |
202 | Sunk |
| 13 August 1916 | Fremad | Norway |
104 | Sunk |
| 13 August 1916 | Pepita | Sweden |
261 | Sunk |
| 13 August 1916 | Respit | Norway |
473 | Sunk |
| 10 September 1916 | Zeemeeuv |  Netherlands |
400 | Captured as a prize |
| 23 September 1916 | Dresden |  United Kingdom |
807 | Sunk |
| 23 September 1916 | Pearl | United Kingdom |
613 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1916 | Oceanien |  France |
60 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1916 | Afrique | France |
1,743 | Sunk |
| 24 October 1916 | Twig | United Kingdom |
128 | Sunk |
| 13 November 1916 | Our Boys | United Kingdom |
63 | Sunk |
| 13 November 1916 | Superb | United Kingdom |
50 | Sunk |
| 28 November 1916 | Diligence | United Kingdom |
42 | Sunk |
| 28 November 1916 | Amphitrite | United Kingdom |
44 | Sunk |
| 28 November 1916 | Catena | United Kingdom |
36 | Sunk |
| 28 November 1916 | Provident | United Kingdom |
38 | Sunk |
| 28 November 1916 | Sea Lark | United Kingdom |
42 | Sunk |
| 28 November 1916 | Lynx | United Kingdom |
43 | Damaged |
| 30 November 1916 | Concord | United Kingdom |
51 | Sunk |
| 1 December 1916 | Erich Lindøe | Norway |
1,097 | Sunk |
| 4 December 1916 | Fofo | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
2,615 | Sunk |
| 6 December 1916 | Halfdan | Denmark |
1,305 | Sunk |
| 7 December 1916 | Marguerite Dollfus | France |
1,948 | Sunk |
| 5 January 1917 | Asta | Norway |
573 | Sunk |
| 7 January 1917 | Hansi | Norway |
1,142 | Sunk |
| 10 January 1917 | Tuborg | Denmark |
2,056 | Sunk |
| 14 January 1917 | Norma | Denmark |
1,997 | Sunk |
| 14 January 1917 | HMS Penshurst |  Royal Navy |
1,191 | Damaged |
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 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 Rössler 1979, p. 65.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gröner 1985, p. 51.
- ↑ "Hans Valentiner (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Paul Günther". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Bendert 2000, p. 196.
- ↑ "SM UB-37 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 2 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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