History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | U-75 |
Ordered | 9 March 1915 |
Builder | AG Vulkan, Hamburg |
Yard number | 57 |
Launched | 30 January 1916 |
Commissioned | 26 March 1916 |
Fate | 13 December 1917 - Struck a mine off Terschelling. 23 dead, unknown number of survivors.[1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Type UE I submarine |
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Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2× 1.38 m (4 ft 6 in) propellers |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 28 enlisted |
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Service record | |
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Commanders: | |
Operations: | 7 patrols |
Victories: |
SM U-75 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-75 was engaged in naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. On her first mission, U-75 laid the mine that sank the cruiser HMS Hampshire during her voyage to Russia carrying British Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener. The cruiser sank at 59°07′N 03°24′W / 59.117°N 3.400°W west of the Orkney Islands with nearly total loss of life in a force 9 gale.