SM U-11 (Germany)

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-11.

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 51°06′N 1°29′E / 51.100°N 1.483°E / 51.100; 1.483Coordinates: 51°06′N 1°29′E / 51.100°N 1.483°E / 51.100; 1.483. 26 dead (all hands lost).
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and 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^{[Note 1]} 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

↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.

↑ Gröner 19915, pp. 4-6.
↑ 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.

Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
Rössler, Eberhard (1985). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkriegs, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935-1945. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften (in German). I. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.

Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 11". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net.

German Type U 9 submarine

U-9 U-10 U-11 U-12

Preceded by: Type U 5 Followed by: Type U 13 List of U-boats of Germany

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1914

Shipwrecks	8 Dec: SMS Gneisenau, SMS Leipzig, SMS Nürnberg, SMS Scharnhorst 9 Dec: SM U-11 13 Dec: Mesudiye 18 Dec: SM U-5 20 Dec: Curie, Montrose 27 Dec: HMS Success

1913 1914 1915 November 1914 January 1915

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