SM UB-58

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-58.
UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-58.
History
German Empire
Name: UB-58
Ordered: 20 May 1916[1]
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number: 270
Launched: 5 July 1917[2]
Commissioned: 10 August 1917[2]
Fate: sunk 10 March 1918 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. by a mine, 35 dead[2]
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:
  • 516 t (508 long tons) surfaced
  • 646 t (636 long tons; 712 short tons) submerged
Length: 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.80 m (19.0 ft)
Draught: 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) surfaced
  • 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 9,020 nmi (16,710 km; 10,380 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
  • 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Complement: 3 officers, 31 men[2]
Armament:
Service record as UB-58
Part of:
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Werner Fürbringer[3]
  • 10 August 1917 – February 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Werner Löwe[4]
  • 8 February – 10 March 1918
Operations: 6 patrols
Victories: 8 merchant ships sunk (8,198 GRT)

SM UB-58 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the Flanders Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 10 August 1917 as SM UB-58.[Note 1]

She operated as part of the Flanders Flotilla based in Zeebrugge. UB-58 was sunk at 04:15 on 10 March 1918 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. after striking a mine, 35 crew members lost their lives in the event.[2]

Construction

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Main article: German Type UB III submarine

She was built by AG Weser, Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 10 July 1917. UB-58 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-58 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-58 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,020 nautical miles (16,710 km; 10,380 mi). UB-58 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 646 t (636 long tons; 712 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) when submerged.


Summary of raiding history

Date Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 2] Fate[5]
13 October 1917 Bethel  Norway 257 Sunk
13 October 1917 Esmeralda  Sweden 830 Sunk
19 November 1917 Minnie Coles  United Kingdom 116 Sunk
19 December 1917 Saint Andre  France 2,457 Sunk
22 December 1917 Clan Cameron  United Kingdom 3,595 Sunk
22 December 1917 Start  Norway 728 Sunk
26 January 1918 Louie Bell  United Kingdom 118 Sunk
28 January 1918 W. H. L.  United Kingdom 97 Sunk

References

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. ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 55.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
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  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Bibliography

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