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German Submarine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SM U-23[Note 1] was one of the 329 U-boats serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.
History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | U-23 |
Ordered | 18 March 1911 |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost | 2,808,000 Goldmark |
Yard number | 177 |
Laid down | 21 December 1911 |
Launched | 12 April 1913 |
Commissioned | 11 September 1913 |
Fate | 20 July 1915 - torpedoed and sunk off Fair Isle, Scotland, by HMS C27 |
General characteristics Ocean-going diesel submarine | |
Class and type | German Type U 23 submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 64.70 m (212.3 ft) |
Beam | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3.45 m (11 ft 4 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | about 50 m (160 ft) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 dinghy |
Complement | 4 officers, 31 men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
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Commanders: | |
Operations: | 3 patrols |
Victories: |
7 merchant ships sunk (8,822 GRT) |
U-23 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
U-23 served on three war patrols, sinking a total of seven ships for 8,822 gross register tons (GRT). She was baited by the Q ship Princess Louise and torpedoed by HMS C27 at 58°55′N 0°14′E, off Fair Isle, in Shetland, Scotland. Twenty four men died and 10 survived.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[5] |
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13 March 1915 | Invergyle | United Kingdom | 1,794 | Sunk |
15 March 1915 | Fingal | United Kingdom | 1,562 | Sunk |
15 May 1915 | Martha | Denmark | 1,182 | Sunk |
19 May 1915 | Chrysolite | United Kingdom | 222 | Sunk |
19 May 1915 | Crimond | United Kingdom | 173 | Sunk |
19 May 1915 | Lucerne | United Kingdom | 154 | Sunk |
22 May 1915 | Minerva | Norway | 3,735 | Sunk |
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