SM UB-41
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SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-41
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German Empire | |
Name: | UB-41 |
Ordered: | 22 July 1915[1] |
Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] |
Cost: | 1,152,000 German Papiermark[2] |
Yard number: | 265[3] |
Launched: | 6 May 1916[3] |
Completed: | 25 August 1916[3] |
Commissioned: | 25 August 1916[2] |
Fate: | sunk by mine 5 October 1917[2] |
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Class & type: | German Type UB II submarine |
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Draught: | 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement: | 2 officers, 21 men |
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Notes: | 42-second diving time |
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Operations: | 13 patrols |
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SM UB-41[Note 1] was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I.
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Design
A German Type UB II submarine, UB-41 had a displacement of 274 tonnes (270 long tons) when at the surface and 303 tonnes (298 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 36.90 m (121 ft 1 in), a beam of 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in), and a draught of 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in). The submarine was powered by two Körting six-cylinder diesel engines producing a total 284 metric horsepower (280 shp; 209 kW), two Siemens-Schuckert electric motors producing 280 metric horsepower (210 kW; 280 shp), and one propeller shaft. She was capable of operating at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft).[2]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 9.15 knots (16.95 km/h; 10.53 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 5.81 knots (10.76 km/h; 6.69 mph). When submerged, she could operate for 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 6,450 nautical miles (11,950 km; 7,420 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph). UB-41 was fitted with two 50 centimetres (20 in) torpedo tubes, four torpedoes, and one 8.8 cm (3.5 in) Uk L/30 deck gun. She had a complement of twenty-one crew members and two officers and a 42-second dive time.[2]
Construction and career
The U-boat was ordered on 22 July 1915 and launched on 6 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 August 1916 as SM UB-41.
The submarine sank eight ships in thirteen patrols. They included the William Cory and Son collier SS Harrow, which UB-41 torpedoed in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay on 8 September 1917. UB-41 was struck by a mine, possibly a German one, and sank in the North Sea on 5 October 1917.[2]
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[7] |
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21 November 1916 | Thyholmen | Norway | 259 | Captured as a prize |
18 January 1917 | Cetus | United Kingdom | 139 | Damaged |
19 April 1917 | Ellida | Norway | 1,124 | Sunk |
22 May 1917 | Lanthorn | United Kingdom | 2,299 | Sunk |
23 May 1917 | Monarch | Norway | 1,318 | Sunk |
12 June 1917 | Alwyn | United Kingdom | 73 | Sunk |
13 June 1917 | Silverburn | United Kingdom | 284 | Sunk |
14 June 1917 | Angantyr | Denmark | 1,359 | Sunk |
6 August 1917 | Talisman | United Kingdom | 153 | Sunk |
8 September 1917 | Harrow | United Kingdom | 1,777 | Sunk |
3 October 1917 | Clydebrae | United Kingdom | 502 | Damaged |
References
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ↑ Tonnages are in gross register tons
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rössler 1979, p. 64.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 23-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rössler 1979, p. 65.
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