Sailors from U-58 abandoning ship | |
History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | U-58 |
Ordered | 6 October 1914 |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number | 213 |
Laid down | 8 June 1915 |
Launched | 31 May 1916 |
Commissioned | 9 August 1916 |
Fate | Depth charged by the destroyer USS Fanning in Cork Harbour. 2 dead, 38 survivors. |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type U 57 submarine |
Displacement | |
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Beam |
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Height | 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 3.79 m (12 ft 5 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 shafts |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 36 |
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Service record | |
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Commanders: | |
Operations: | 8 patrols |
Victories: |
SM U-58 [Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-58 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
The boat was sunk with the loss of two men and the capture of the rest of the crew in the action of 17 November 1917.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 2] | Fate [6] |
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27 October 1916 | Ellen | Sweden | 140 | Sunk |
4 December 1916 | Senta | Sweden | 1,024 | Sunk |
5 December 1916 | Stettin | Norway | 412 | Sunk |
1 March 1917 | Norma | Norway | 850 | Sunk |
25 April 1917 | Havila | Denmark | 1,421 | Sunk |
25 April 1917 | Hawthornbank | Denmark | 1,369 | Sunk |
25 April 1917 | Sokoto | Denmark | 2,259 | Sunk |
27 April 1917 | Dromore | United Kingdom | 4,398 | Sunk |
27 April 1917 | Langfond | Norway | 1,097 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | Bullmouth | United Kingdom | 4,018 | Sunk |
2 May 1917 | Beeswing | United Kingdom | 1,462 | Sunk |
2 May 1917 | Dione | Norway | 785 | Sunk |
2 May 1917 | Vanduara | Norway | 2,079 | Sunk |
5 May 1917 | Asra | Norway | 1,975 | Sunk |
18 June 1917 | HMT Bega | Royal Navy | 318 | Sunk |
19 June 1917 | Ivigtut | Denmark | 456 | Sunk |
6 July 1917 | Motor | Denmark | 63 | Sunk |
8 July 1917 | Fiorella | Norway | 1,168 | Sunk |
13 July 1917 | Charilaos Tricoupis | Greece | 2,475 | Sunk |
21 July 1917 | Ramillies | United Kingdom | 2,935 | Sunk |
14 November 1917 | Dolly Warden | United Kingdom | 202 | Sunk |
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