SM U-11 (Germany)

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History
German Empire
Name: U-11
Ordered: 15 July 1908
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Cost: 2,140,000 Goldmark
Yard number: 6
Launched: 2 April 1910
Commissioned: 21 September 1910
Fate: 9 December 1914 - Mined off the Belgian coast on December 9, 1914 at position Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. 26 dead (all hands lost).
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: German Type U 9 submarine
Displacement:
  • 493 t (485 long tons) surfaced
  • 611 t (601 long tons) submerged
Length: 57.38 m (188 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Draught: 3.13 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
Propulsion: 2 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
Range: 1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Boats & landing
craft carried:
1 dingi
Complement: 4 officers, 25 men
Armament: 4 × 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 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-11 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

References

  1. Gröner 1985, pp. 27-28.
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Bibliography

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