SM U-17 (Germany)

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-17.
U-17 (second row, second from the right), Kiel Harbour, February 1914
History
Germany
NameU-17
Ordered10 May 1910
BuilderKaiserliche Werft Danzig
Cost2,333,000 Goldmark
Yard number11
Laid down1 October 1910
Launched16 April 1912
Commissioned3 November 1912
Stricken27 January 1919
FateStruck 27 January 1919, scrapped at Imperial Dockyard, Kiel. Pressure hull sold to Stinnes, Hamburg on 3 February 1920.
General characteristics
Class and typeGerman Type U 17 submarine
Displacement
  • 564 t (555 long tons) surfaced
  • 691 t (680 long tons) submerged
Length62.35 m (204 ft 7 in)
Beam6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Height7.30 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draught3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × 2 Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 1,400 PS (1,000 kW; 1,400 shp)
  • 2 × AEG electric motors with 1,120 PS (820 kW; 1,100 shp)
  • 550 rpm surfaced
  • 425 rpm submerged
Speed
  • 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h; 17.1 mph) surfaced
  • 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submerged
Range
  • 6,700 nautical miles (12,400 km; 7,700 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Boats & landing
craft carried		1 dinghy
Complement4 officers, 25 men
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • II Flotilla
  • 1 August 1914 – unknown end
  • Baltic Flotilla
  • unknown start – 10 January 1916
  • Training Flotilla
  • 10 January 1916 – 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Johannes Feldkirchener[1]
  • 1 August 1914 – 7 March 1915
  • Kptlt. Hans Walther[2]
  • 2 March 1915 – 9 January 1916
Operations: 4 patrols
Victories:
  • 11 merchant ships sunk
    (15,122 GRT)
  • 1 merchant ship damaged
    (4,590 GRT)
  • 2 merchant ships taken as prize
    (4,956 GRT)

SM U-17[Note 1] was a German submarine during World War I. U-17 sank the first British merchant vessel in the First World War, and also sank another ten ships, damaged one ship and captured two ships, surviving the war without casualty.

  1. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Johannes Feldkirchener". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Hans Walther (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 March 2015.


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