U13 1912
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
U13 | 8 | KW Danzig | 1909 | 16.12.1910 | 4.1912 | sunk 9.8.1914 | |
U14 | 9 | KW Danzig | 1909 | 11.7.1911 | 4.1912 | sunk 5.6.1915 | |
U15 | 10 | KW Danzig | 1909 | 18.9.1911 | 7.1912 | sunk 9.8.1914 |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement normal, t |
516 / 644 |
Length, m |
57.9 |
Breadth, m |
6.00 |
Draught, m |
3.44 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 Körting petrol engines / 2 SSW electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
1200 / 1160 |
Max speed, kts |
14.8 / 10.7 |
Fuel, t |
petrol 64 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(14) / 90(5) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 6) |
Complement |
29 |
Diving depth operational, m | 50 |
Project history: Medium coastal submarines. Double-hulled.
Modernizations: 1915, U14: - 1 x 1 - 7.9/79; + 1 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92
Naval service: U13 was rammed by British battleship 9.8.1914 in the North Sea. U14 was sunk by ramming and gunfire of British trawlers Hawk and Oceanic II 5.6.1915 in the North Sea. U15 was rammed by British cruiser Birmingham 9.8.1914 in the North Sea.
U13 1912
© Ivan Gogin, 2014