SM U-29 (Germany)

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-29.
SM U 29, Commander Otto Weddigen, leaving harbour for his last cruise
History
German Empire
NameU-29
Ordered19 February 1912
BuilderKaiserliche Werft Danzig
Yard number19
Launched11 October 1913
Commissioned1 August 1914
FateRammed and sunk by HMS Dreadnought on 18 March 1915
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeGerman Type U 27 submarine
Displacement
  • 675 t (664 long tons) surfaced
  • 878 t (864 long tons) submerged
Length64.70 m (212 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam6.32 m (20 ft 9 in)
Draught3.48 m (11 ft 5 in)
Speed
  • 16.7 knots (30.9 km/h; 19.2 mph) surfaced
  • 9.8 knots (18.1 km/h; 11.3 mph) submerged
Range
  • 8,420 nmi (15,590 km; 9,690 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 85 nmi (157 km; 98 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (164 ft)
Complement4 officers, 31 enlisted
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • IV Flotilla
  • Unknown start – 18 March 1915
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Wilhelm Plange
  • 1 August 1914 – 15 February 1915
  • Kptlt. Otto Weddigen
  • 16 February – 18 March 1915
Operations: 1 patrol
Victories:
  • 4 merchant ships sunk
    (12,934 GRT)
  • 2 merchant ships damaged (4,317 GRT)

SM U-29[Note 1] was a Type U-27 U-boat of the Imperial German Navy. She served during the First World War.

U-29's last commander was Captain Otto Weddigen. U-29 was sunk with all hands on 18 March 1915 in the Pentland Firth after being rammed by HMS Dreadnought,[2] the only submarine known to have been purposefully sunk by a battleship.

  1. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 6–7.
  2. ^ "History.ney.mil, Dreadnought". Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2009.


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