SM U-65 (Germany)
- Hermann von Fischel
- Gustav Siess
- Clemens winding
SM U 65 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy, which was used in the First World War.
Inserts
U 65 was launched on March 21, 1916 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel from the stack and was put into service on May 11, 1916. The commander of the submarine were Hermann von Fischel (May 11, 1916 - July 18, 1918 ), Gustav Siess (August 19, 1918 - September 29, 1918 ) and Clemens winding (September 30, 1918 - October 28, 1918 ).
U 65 was until November 1916, the IV submarine flotilla ( Emden / Borkum) and subsequent to October 1918, the I. Submarine Flotilla Mediterranean ( Pola ) assigned.
U 65 led during the First World War, eleven patrols, in the Mediterranean and the North Sea. A total of 48 merchant ships of the Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 77,715 GRT were sunk. The two largest ships were the French troopship Athos (about 12,600 GRT ) and which is also used as a troop transport British passenger ship Caledonia ( 9,200 GRT). The Athos was sunk on February 17, 1917 on their way from Yokohama to Marseille 200 miles south-east of Malta. With the demise of some 750 people lost their lives. The Caledonia was also sunk on their journey from Thessaloniki to Marseille on December 4, 1916 in the vicinity of Malta. Among the other sunken ships there are numerous small sailboats, often flagged Italian.
Technology
The diesel engines of the submarines U 63 - U 65 were originally commissioned for the Russian Navy in order. Due to the First World War, but they were seized by the German Reich and " built around " simplified submarine body.
Whereabouts
During the evacuation of the Austrian naval harbor of Pola U was 65 on October 29, 1918 44 ° 52 'N, 13 ° 50' O44.86666666666713.833333333333 themselves blown up in coastal waters on the position.