SM U-60

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War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg German Empire
NameU-60
Ordered6 October 1914
Builder AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number215
Laid down22 June 1915
Launched5 July 1916
Commissioned1 November 1916
Fate21 November 1918 - Surrendered. Foundered in tow to breakers 1919.
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Type U 57 submarine
Displacement
  • 768  t (756 long tons) surfaced
  • 956 t (941 long tons) submerged
Length
Beam
  • 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) (oa)
  • 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) (pressure hull)
Height8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
Draught3.79 m (12 ft 5 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × 2,400  PS (1,765  kW; 2,367  shp) surfaced
  • 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion2 shafts
Speed
  • 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) surfaced
  • 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged
Range
  • 11,400  nmi (21,100 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 49 nmi (91 km; 56 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement36
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • II Flotilla
  • 13 January 1917 – 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Karlgeorg Schuster [2]
  • 1 November 1916 – 31 October 1917
  • Kptlt. Karl (i.V.) Jasper [3]
  • 1–20 November 1917
  • Kptlt. Franz Grünert [4]
  • 21 November 1917 – 11 November 1918
Operations: 10 patrols
Victories:
  • 52 merchant ships sunk
    (107,940  GRT)
  • 3 merchant ships damaged
    (7,447  GRT) [5]

SM U-60 [Note 1] was a German Type UB III submarine of the Imperial German Navy in the First World War. She took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

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U-60 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She was sold by the British Admiralty to George Cohen on 3 March 1919 for £2,410, but sank in tow for Swansea after 12 June 1919. [6]

Summary of raiding history

DateNameNationalityTonnage [Note 2] Fate [7]
4 February 1917 Ghazee Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,084Sunk
5 February 1917 Lux Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2,621Sunk
5 February 1917 Warley Pickering Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,196Sunk
7 February 1917 Storskog Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2,191Sunk
14 February 1917 Hopemoor Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,740Sunk
17 February 1917 Dalbeattie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,327Sunk
17 February 1917 Iolo Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,840Sunk
21 February 1917 Tecwyn Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 132Sunk
29 March 1917 Os Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 637Sunk
4 April 1917 Domingo Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 2,131Sunk
6 April 1917 Marion Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,587Sunk
7 April 1917 Salmo Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,721Sunk
16 April 1917 Queen Mary Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,658Sunk
19 April 1917 Howth Head Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,440Sunk
20 April 1917 Torr Head Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,911Sunk
23 April 1917 Svanen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1,807Sunk
10 June 1917 Clan Alpine Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,587Sunk
17 June 1917 Nostra Madre Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 649Sunk
19 June 1917 Brookby Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,679Sunk
27 June 1917 Armadale Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 6,153Sunk
29 July 1917 Cesarevitch Alexei Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2,387Sunk
30 July 1917 Canis Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 526Sunk
9 August 1917 Agne Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1,010Sunk
9 August 1917 Export Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2,712Sunk
22 September 1917 Mascotte Flag of France.svg  France 199Sunk
23 September 1917 Gloire Flag of France.svg  France 51Sunk
23 September 1917 Henry Lippitt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 895Sunk
23 September 1917 Jeune Mathilde Flag of France.svg  France 58Sunk
25 September 1917 Edouard Detaille Flag of France.svg  France 2,185Sunk
29 September 1917 Bon Premier Flag of France.svg  France 1,352Sunk
29 September 1917 Eugenie Fautrel Flag of France.svg  France 2,212Sunk
29 September 1917 Percy B. Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada 330Sunk
1 October 1917 Saint Pierre Flag of France.svg  France 277Sunk
2 October 1917 Eugene Louise Flag of France.svg  France 283Damaged
3 October 1917 Saint Antoine Flag of France.svg  France 217Sunk
3 October 1917 Stella Flag of France.svg  France 219Sunk
11 December 1917 Bard Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 709Sunk
12 December 1917 St. Croix Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2,530Sunk
19 December 1917 Ingrid II Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,145Sunk
22 December 1917 Hunsbrook Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,463Damaged
21 February 1918 Hugin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1,667Sunk
25 February 1918 Apollo Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 242Sunk
3 March 1918 Northfield Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2,099Sunk
4 March 1918 Quarnero Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 3,237Sunk
28 April 1918 Poitiers Flag of France.svg  France 2,045Sunk
28 April 1918 Rimfakse Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,119Sunk
29 April 1918 Saint Chamond Flag of France.svg  France 2,866Sunk
2 May 1918 Girdleness Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,018Sunk
4 May 1918 Polbrae Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,087Sunk
5 July 1918 Vera Elizabeth Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 180Sunk
13 July 1918 Plawsworth Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,724Sunk
17 July 1918 Harlseywood Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2,701Damaged
17 July 1918 Saint Georges Flag of France.svg  France 633Sunk
20 July 1918 Gemini Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2,128Sunk
20 July 1918 Orfordness Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2,790Sunk

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Notes

  1. ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
  2. ↑ Tonnages are in gross register tons

Citations

  1. ↑ Gröner 1991, pp. 8–10.
  2. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Karl Georg Schuster (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Karl (i.V.) Jasper". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Franz Grünert (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 60". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: the fate of enemy fleets after the two World Wars. Barnsley: Seaforth. pp. 24, 96–98, 124. ISBN   978-1-5267-4198-1.
  7. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 60". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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