SM U-11 (Germany)

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War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg German Empire
NameU-11
Ordered15 July 1908
Builder Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Cost2,140,000 Goldmark
Yard number6
Launched2 April 1910
Commissioned21 September 1910
Fate9 December 1914 - Mined off the Belgian coast on 9 December 1914 at position 51°06′N1°29′E / 51.100°N 1.483°E / 51.100; 1.483
General characteristics [1]
Class and type German Type U 9 submarine
Displacement
  • 493 t (485 long tons) surfaced
  • 611 t (601 long tons) submerged
Length57.38 m (188 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Draught3.13 m (10 ft 3 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 900 PS (660 kW; 890 shp)
  • 2 × SSW electric motors and 2 × SSW modyns with 1,160 PS (850 kW; 1,140 shp)
  • 550 rpm surfaced
  • 600 rpm submerged
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 × 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) propellers
Speed
  • 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) surfaced
  • 8.1 knots (15.0 km/h; 9.3 mph) submerged
Range1,800  nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Boats & landing
craft carried		1 dingi
Complement4 officers, 25 men
Armament4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern, six torpedoes)
Service record
Part of:
  • I Flotilla
  • 1 August – 9 December 1914
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Ferdinand von Suchodoletz [2]
  • 1 August 1914 – 9 December 1914
Operations: 2 patrols
Victories: None

SM U-11 [Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

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U-11 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

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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.

Citations

  1. ↑ Gröner 1991, pp. 4–6.
  2. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Ferdinand von Suchodoletz". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

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