U-10-class submarine

SM U-10, the class leader of the U-10 class
SM U-10, the class leader of the U-10 class
Class overview
Builders
Operators Austro-Hungarian Navy
Preceded byU-7 class
Succeeded byU-14
Built1914–1915
In commission1915–1918
Completed5
Lost1
Preserved0
General characteristics
Typesubmarine
Displacement
  • 127 tonnes (125 long tons) surfaced
  • 141 tonnes (139 long tons) submerged
Length
  • 27.88 m (91 ft 6 in) (o/a)
  • 23.62 m (77 ft 6 in) pressure hull to 92 ft 2 in (28.09 m)
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[2]
Complement17[1]
Armament2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (both in front); 2 torpedoes[1]

The U-10 class was a class of five submarines or U-boats of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (German: Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine or K.u.K. Kriegsmarine) during World War I. The class was similar to the German Type UB I submarine of the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine); the first two boats delivered to Austria-Hungary had previously been commissioned in the German Navy.

The U-10 class as a whole did not have much wartime success, two of the boats sinking no ships. Only one boat, U-15 sank more than 1,000 combined tonnage of enemy ships. Of the five submarines of the class, only U-16 was sunk during the war; the remaining four were delivered as war reparations and broken up by 1920.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gardiner, p. 343.
  2. ^ Gardiner, p. 180.