SM U-29 (Germany)
Appearance
SM U 29, Commander Otto Weddigen, leaving harbour for his last cruise
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History | |
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Name | U-29 |
Ordered | 19 February 1912 |
Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Yard number | 19 |
Launched | 11 October 1913 |
Commissioned | 1 August 1914 |
Fate | Rammed and sunk by HMS Dreadnought on 18 March 1915 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | German Type U 27 submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 64.70 m (212 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3.48 m (11 ft 5 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 31 enlisted |
Armament |
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Service record | |
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Commanders: |
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Operations: | 1 patrol |
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SM U-29[Note 1] was a Type U-27 U-boat of the Imperial German Navy. She served during the First World War.
U-29's last commander was Captain Otto Weddigen. U-29 was sunk with all hands on 18 March 1915 in the Pentland Firth after being rammed by HMS Dreadnought,[2] the only submarine known to have been purposefully sunk by a battleship.
Summary of raiding history
[edit]Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[3] |
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11 March 1915 | Adenwen | 3,798 | Damaged | |
11 March 1915 | Auguste Conseil | 2,952 | Sunk | |
12 March 1915 | Andalusian | 2,349 | Sunk | |
12 March 1915 | Headlands | 2,988 | Sunk | |
12 March 1915 | Indian City | 4,645 | Sunk | |
14 March 1915 | Atalanta | 519 | Damaged |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ^ Tonnages are in gross register tons
Citations
[edit]- ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 6–7.
- ^ "History.ney.mil, Dreadnought". Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 29". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.