SM U-10 (Germany)

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-10.

History
U-10
German Empire
Name:	U-10
Ordered:	15 July 1908
Builder:	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Cost:	2,140,000 Goldmark
Launched:	24 January 1911
Commissioned:	31 August 1911
Fate:	30 June 1916 - Probably mined in Gulf of Finland. 29 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 with 1,040 PS (760 kW; 1,030 shp) 550 rpm surfaced 600 rpm submerged
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × 1.30 m (4 ft 3 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:	3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Boats & landing craft carried:	1 dingi
Complement:	4 officers, 25 men
Armament:	4 × torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern) 6 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/40 gun 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss gun
Service record
Part of:	I Flotilla 1 August 1914 – 7 July 1915 Baltic Flotilla 7 July 1914 – 30 June 1916
Commanders:	Kptlt. Fritz Stuhr^[2] 1 August 1914 – 30 June 1916
Operations:	6 patrols
Victories:	7 merchant ships sunk (1,651 GRT)

SM U-10 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

Service History

U-10 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

Fate

She sank on 30 June 1916, after probably striking a mine in the Gulf of Finland. All 29 crew were killed dead.

Summary of raiding history

Date	Ship Name	Nationality	Tonnage (GRT)	Fate^[3]
31 March 1915	Nor	Norway	544	Sunk
1 April 1915	Gloxinia	United Kingdom	145	Sunk
1 April 1915	Jason	United Kingdom	176	Sunk
1 April 1915	Nellie	United Kingdom	109	Sunk
5 April 1915	Acantha	United Kingdom	322	Sunk
28 April 1915	Lilydale	United Kingdom	129	Sunk
6 November 1915	Birgit	Finland	226	Sunk

References

↑ Gröner 1991, pp. 4-6.
↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Fritz Stuhr". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 10". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

Bibliography

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.

External links

Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 10". 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

Coordinates: 59°30′N 21°00′E / 59.500°N 21.000°E / 59.500; 21.000

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