SM U-15 (Austria-Hungary)

History
Austria-Hungary
NameSM U-15
BuilderAG Weser, Bremen[1]
Yard number232[2]
LaunchedSeptember 1915[3]
Commissioned6 October 1915
FateHanded over to Italy as war reparations and scrapped, 1920
Service record
Commanders:
  • Friedrich Schlosser
  • 6 October – 18 November 1915[4]
  • Friedrich Fähndrich
  • 28 November 1915 – 25 March 1916
  • Franz Rzemenowsky von Trautenegg
  • 25 March – 10 May 1916
  • Friedrich Fähndrich
  • 10 May – 11 December 1916
  • Franz Rzemenowsky von Trautenegg
  • 9 – 28 October 1916
  • Otto Molitor
  • 11 December 1916 – 15 June 1917
  • Franz Rzemenowsky von Trautenegg
  • 1 – 12 June 1917
  • Otto Molitor
  • 12 June – 17 July 1917
  • Ludwig Müller
  • 17 July 1917 – 9 March 1918
  • Andreas Korparic
  • 17 March – 31 October 1918
Victories:
  • 5 merchant ships sunk
    (8,044 GRT)
  • 1 warship sunk
    (745 tons)[4]
General characteristics
TypeU-10-class submarine
Displacement
  • 125.5 long tons (127.51 t) surfaced
  • 140.25 long tons (142.50 t) submerged[1]
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[1]
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[5]
Complement17[1]
Armament

SM U-15 or U-XV was a U-10-class submarine or U-boat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (German: Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine or K.u.K. Kriegsmarine) during World War I. U-15 was constructed in Germany and shipped by rail to Pola where she was assembled and launched in April 1915. She was commissioned in October 1915. U-15 was the most successful boat of the U-10 class, sinking six ships totaling 8,044 gross register tons (GRT) and 745 tons. The boat survived the war and was handed over to Italy as a war reparation and scrapped in 1920.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Gardiner, p. 343.
  2. ^ Baumgartner and Sieche, as excerpted here (reprinted and translated into English by Sieche). Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  3. ^ Gibson and Pendergast, p. 385.
  4. ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: KUK U15". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
  5. ^ Gardiner, p. 180.