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Name | U-63 |
Ordered | 17 May 1915 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 247 |
Laid down | 30 April 1915 |
Launched | 8 February 1916 |
Commissioned | 11 March 1916 |
Fate | Surrendered 16 January 1919. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type U 63 submarine |
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Height | 7.65 m (25 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 4.04 m (13 ft 3 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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Operations: | 12 patrols |
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SM U-63 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-63 was engaged in naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 1] | Fate [5] |
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4 July 1916 | HMS Rosemary | ![]() | 1,250 | Damaged |
20 August 1916 | HMS Falmouth | ![]() | 5,250 | Sunk |
23 October 1916 | Bayreaulx | ![]() | 3,009 | Sunk |
28 October 1916 | Lanao | ![]() | 692 | Sunk |
28 October 1916 | Rio Pirahy | ![]() | 3,561 | Sunk |
28 October 1916 | Selene | ![]() | 3,955 | Sunk |
28 October 1916 | Torsdal | ![]() | 3,621 | Sunk |
29 October 1916 | Massalia | ![]() | 2,186 | Sunk |
29 October 1916 | Meroë | ![]() | 3,552 | Sunk |
29 October 1916 | Torino | ![]() | 1,850 | Sunk |
31 October 1916 | Delto | ![]() | 3,193 | Sunk |
31 October 1916 | Fedelta | ![]() | 1,906 | Sunk |
27 November 1916 | Maude Larssen | ![]() | 1,222 | Sunk |
28 November 1916 | Sigurd | ![]() | 2,119 | Sunk |
30 November 1916 | Roma | ![]() | 125 | Sunk |
2 December 1916 | Luigi C. | ![]() | 71 | Sunk |
2 December 1916 | Roma | ![]() | 643 | Sunk |
3 December 1916 | HMS Perugia | ![]() | 4,348 | Sunk |
5 December 1916 | Grigorios Anghelatos | ![]() | 3,635 | Sunk |
11 December 1916 | Magellan | ![]() | 6,027 | Sunk |
11 December 1916 | Sinai | ![]() | 4,624 | Sunk |
25 March 1917 | Vellore | ![]() | 4,926 | Sunk |
26 March 1917 | L. Rahmanich | ![]() | 79 | Sunk |
1 April 1917 | Zambesi | ![]() | 3,759 | Sunk |
4 April 1917 | Margit | ![]() | 2,490 | Sunk |
5 April 1917 | Solstad | ![]() | 4,147 | Sunk |
5 April 1917 | Kangaroo | ![]() | 4,348 | Damaged |
28 April 1917 | Carmelo Padre | ![]() | 74 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | Giuseppe Padre I | ![]() | 102 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | Giuseppina G. | ![]() | 100 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | I Due Fratelli P. | ![]() | 97 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | Karonga | ![]() | 4,665 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | Natale B. | ![]() | 55 | Sunk |
28 April 1917 | San Francesco Di Paola | ![]() | 41 | Sunk |
3 May 1917 | Washington | ![]() | 5,080 | Sunk |
4 May 1917 | Transylvania | ![]() | 14,348 | Sunk |
5 May 1917 | Talawa | ![]() | 3,834 | Damaged |
7 May 1917 | Crown of Leon | ![]() | 3,391 | Damaged |
14 May 1917 | Francesco Raiola | ![]() | 181 | Sunk |
14 May 1917 | Volga | ![]() | 4,404 | Damaged |
15 May 1917 | Ferrara | ![]() | 5,660 | Damaged |
22 June 1917 | Himalaya | ![]() | 5,620 | Sunk |
23 June 1917 | Craonne | ![]() | 777 | Sunk |
23 June 1917 | Kalypso Vergotti | ![]() | 2,819 | Sunk |
26 June 1917 | Birdoswald | ![]() | 4,013 | Sunk |
27 June 1917 | Tong Hong | ![]() | 2,184 | Sunk |
30 June 1917 | Alkelda | ![]() | 98 | Sunk |
30 June 1917 | Enrichetta | ![]() | 3,638 | Sunk |
1 July 1917 | Marie | ![]() | 118 | Sunk |
2 July 1917 | Argentario | ![]() | 739 | Sunk |
3 July 1917 | Immacolatina | ![]() | 54 | Sunk |
5 September 1917 | Proletaire | ![]() | 101 | Sunk |
11 September 1917 | Embleton | ![]() | 5,377 | Sunk |
12 September 1917 | Reim | ![]() | 1,126 | Sunk |
15 September 1917 | Platuria | ![]() | 3,445 | Sunk |
18 September 1917 | Arendal | ![]() | 1,387 | Sunk |
26 September 1917 | Heraklios | ![]() | 2,878 | Sunk |
5 November 1917 | Hilda R. | ![]() | 136 | Sunk |
5 November 1917 | Kai | ![]() | 1,391 | Sunk |
6 November 1917 | HMS Peveril | ![]() | 1,459 | Sunk |
8 November 1917 | HMS Candytuft | ![]() | 1,290 | Damaged |
8 November 1917 | Benledi | ![]() | 3,931 | Damaged |
9 November 1917 | Ardglamis | ![]() | 4,540 | Sunk |
14 November 1917 | Trowbridge | ![]() | 3,712 | Sunk |
16 November 1917 | Gasconia | ![]() | 3,801 | Sunk |
16 November 1917 | Kyno | ![]() | 3,034 | Sunk |
18 November 1917 | Huntsgulf | ![]() | 3,185 | Damaged |
20 November 1917 | Commendatore Carlo Bruno | ![]() | 813 | Sunk |
21 November 1917 | Mossoul | ![]() | 3,135 | Sunk |
5 January 1918 | Rio Claro | ![]() | 3,687 | Sunk |
8 January 1918 | San Guglielmo | ![]() | 8,145 | Sunk |
15 January 1918 | Bonanova | ![]() | 933 | Sunk |
18 January 1918 | Maria P. | ![]() | 263 | Sunk |
18 January 1918 | Ville De Bordeaux | ![]() | 4,857 | Sunk |
22 January 1918 | Anglo-Canadian | ![]() | 4,239 | Sunk |
22 January 1918 | Manchester Spinner | ![]() | 4,247 | Sunk |
19 May 1918 | Saxilby | ![]() | 3,630 | Damaged |
19 May 1918 | Snowdon | ![]() | 3,189 | Sunk |
24 May 1918 | Elysia | ![]() | 6,397 | Damaged |
30 May 1918 | Antinous | ![]() | 3,682 | Damaged |
30 May 1918 | Asiatic Prince | ![]() | 2,887 | Sunk |
30 May 1918 | Aymeric | ![]() | 4,363 | Sunk |
11 August 1918 | City of Adelaide | ![]() | 8,389 | Sunk |
12 August 1918 | G6 | ![]() | 213 | Sunk |
24 August 1918 | Delphinula | ![]() | 5,238 | Damaged |
16 October 1918 | War Council | ![]() | 5,875 | Sunk |
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