 Battle damage to the deck of German submarine U62 - Oct 31 1917 | |
| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | U-62 |
| Ordered | 6 October 1914 |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number | 217 |
| Laid down | 22 June 1915 |
| Launched | 2 August 1916 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1916 |
| Fate | 22 November - Surrendered. Broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type | Type U 57 submarine |
| Displacement | |
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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 | 9 patrols |
| Victories | |
SM U-62 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-62 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
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On 8 March 1917, SM U-62 sank the coal freighter Storstad, the ship that had rammed and sunk the RMS Empress of Ireland ocean liner in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history.
On 7 August 1918, she torpedoed the French armoured cruiser Dupetit-Thouars, which sank with the loss of 13 of her crew.
