SM U-11 (Austria-Hungary)

SM U-11
SM U-11
History
German Empire
NameUB-15
Ordered15 October 1914
BuilderAG Weser, Bremen[2]
Yard number224
Laid down9 November 1914[1]
Commissioned11 April 1915[1]
FateTransferred to Austria-Hungary, 14 June 1915[2][Note 1]
Service record as UB-15
Commanders:
Victories: 1 warship sunk
(245 tons)[1]
Austria-Hungary
NameSM U-11
Acquired14 June 1915[2]
Commissioned18 June 1915[3]
FateWar reparation to Italy; scrapped at Pola, 1920[2]
Service record as U-11[4]
Commanders:
  • Lüdwig Eberhardt
  • 8 June – 31 August 1915
  • Karl Edler von Unczowski
  • 16 September – 28 October 1915
  • Robert Teufl von Fernland
  • 28 October 1915 – 30 August 1916
  • Johann Krsnjavi
  • 30 August 1916 – 25 May 1917
  • Ludwig Müller
  • 25 May – 16 July 1917
  • Wladimir Pfeifer
  • 16 July – 17 September 1917
  • Eugen Hornyák Edler von Horn
  • 17 September 1917 – 12 January 1918
  • Hugo Pistel
  • 12 January – 19 June 1918
  • Alfons Graf Montecuccoli
  • 19 June – 27 August 1918
  • Alois Sernetz
  • 27 August – 31 October 1918
Victories: 1 auxiliary warship taken as prize
(10,484 GRT)
General characteristics [5]
Class and type
Displacement
Length
Beam3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Draught3.03 m (9 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) surfaced
  • 5.5 knots (10.2 km/h; 6.3 mph) submerged
Range
  • 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced
  • 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Complement17
Armament

SM U-11 or U-XI was a U-10-class submarine in the Austro-Hungarian Navy (German: Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine or K.u.K. Kriegsmarine) during World War I. She was originally a German Type UB I submarine commissioned into the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) as SM UB-15.

SM UB-15 was constructed in Germany and shipped by rail to Pola, where she was assembled and launched. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy in April and sank an Italian submarine in June. The boat was handed over to Austria-Hungary and commissioned as SM U-11 on 14 June. In early 1916, U-11 fired on a British submarine, but missed. After the end of the war, U-11 was handed over to Italy as a war reparation and scrapped at Pola by 1920.

  1. ^ a b c d Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UB 15". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gardiner, p. 343.
  3. ^ Freivogel 2007, p. 10.
  4. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: KUK U11". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
  5. ^ Gröner 1991, p. 49.


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