SM UB-58
 UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-58. | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-58 |
| Ordered: | 20 May 1916[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
| Yard number: | 270[2] |
| Launched: | 5 July 1917[3] |
| Commissioned: | 10 August 1917[3] |
| Fate: | sunk 10 March 1918 at 50°58′N 01°14′E / 50.967°N 1.233°ECoordinates: 50°58′N 01°14′E / 50.967°N 1.233°E by a mine, 35 dead[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB III submarine |
| Type: | Coastal submarine |
| Displacement: | 516 t (508 long tons; 569 short tons) surfaced 646 t (636 long tons; 712 short tons) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 55.85 m (183.2 ft) o/a[2] |
| Beam: | 5.8 m (19 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 3.72 m (12.2 ft)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts 6-cylinder Körting diesel engines,[3] 1,060 ihp (790 kW) Siemens-Schuckert[3] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)[2] |
| Speed: | 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) surfaced 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) submerged[2] |
| Range: | 9,020 nmi (16,710 km; 10,380 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged[2] |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[3] |
| Armament: | • 5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) with 10 torpedoes • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun[3] |
| Service record as UB-58 | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
German Imperial Navy Flandern Flotilla 15 Oct 1917 - 10 Mar 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Werner Fürbringer[4] 10 Aug 1917 - 7 Feb 1918 Oblt Werner Löwe[5] 8 Feb 1918 - 10 Mar 1918 |
| Operations: | 6 patrols |
| Victories: | 8 merchant ships sunk (8,198 GRT) |
SM UB-58 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the Flanders Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 10 August 1917 as SM UB-58.[nb 1]
She operated as part of the Flanders Flotilla based in Zeebrugge. UB-58 was sunk at 04:15 on 10 March 1918 at 50°58′N 01°14′E / 50.967°N 1.233°E after striking a mine, 35 crew members lost their lives in the event.[3]
Construction
She was built by AG Weser, Bremen[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 10 July 1917. UB-58 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-58 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-58 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,020 nautical miles (16,710 km).[2] UB-58 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons; 569 short tons) while surfaced and 646 t (636 long tons; 712 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) when submerged.[2]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 October 1917 | Bethel |  Norway |
257 | Sunk |
| 13 October 1917 | Esmeralda |  Sweden |
830 | Sunk |
| 19 November 1917 | Minnie Coles |  United Kingdom |
116 | Sunk |
| 19 December 1917 | Saint Andre |  France |
2,457 | Sunk |
| 22 December 1917 | Clan Cameron | United Kingdom |
3,595 | Sunk |
| 22 December 1917 | Start | Norway |
728 | Sunk |
| 26 January 1918 | Louie Bell | United Kingdom |
118 | Sunk |
| 28 January 1918 | W. H. L. | United Kingdom |
97 | Sunk |
Notes
- Footnotes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- Citations
- ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 55.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 Gröner 1985, p. 52.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Gröner 1985, p. 53.
- ↑ "Werner Fürbringer (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "Werner Löwe". Uboat.net. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "SM UB-58 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
References
- 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.