SM U-17 (Austria-Hungary)

SM U-17 on her first sortie
History
Austria-Hungary
NameSM U-17
Ordered1 April 1915[1]
BuilderAG Weser, Bremen[1]
Yard number234[2][3]
Laid downApril 1915[3]
Completed30 September 1915[4]
Commissioned6 October 1915[5]
FateTurned over to Italy, scrapped by 1920
Service record
Commanders:
  • Franz Skopinic
  • 6 October – 9 December 1915[5]
  • Zdenko Hudeček
  • 9 December 1915 – 17 September 1916
  • Franz Rzemenowsky von Trautenegg
  • 17 September – 9 October 1916
  • Zdenko Hudeček
  • 9 October – 19 December 1916
  • Karl Edler von Unczowski
  • 19 December 1916 – 6 January 1917
  • Zdenko Hudeček
  • 6 January – 26 February 1917
  • Albrecht Graf von Attems
  • 26 February – 12 June 1917
  • Hermann Rigele
  • 12 June – 22 November 1917
  • Wladimir Pfeifer
  • 22 November 1917 – 26 August 1918
Victories:
  • 1 merchant ship sunk
    (40 GRT)
  • 1 warship sunk
    (680 tons)[5]
General characteristics
Class and typeU-10-class submarine
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[1]
Range
  • 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced
  • 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged[6]
Complement17[1]
Armament

SM U-17 or U-XVII 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-17 was laid down in Germany in April 1915 and shipped in sections by rail to Pola in August, where she was assembled. She was delivered to the Austro-Hungarian Navy at the end of September and commissioned in October 1915.

U-17 primarily operated from Cattaro, patrolling off the Italian and Albanian coasts. The submarine had several opportunities to sink merchant ships and warships throughout the war, but could only sink one unidentified sailing vessel in January 1916 and one Italian destroyer in July 1916 as part of an effort to disrupt the Otranto Barrage. At the end of the war, U-17 was undergoing repairs at Pola. She 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. ^ a b "U-17 (6104943)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tengeral was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: KUK U17". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
  6. ^ Gardiner, p. 180.