SMS Vulkan

The SMS was a volcanic mountain ship for submarines, which was given at the Dockspezialisten Howaldtswerke of the Imperial Navy in connection with the construction of the submarine flotilla in order.

Construction

The construction of this combined lifting and Dockschiffes as multihull design foresaw that one had crashed submarine should be lifted by the crane deck located above the space between the two hulls up between the hulls. There should be then deposited and fixed on moving vehicles between the two hulls. The cranes could lift up to 500 tonnes at 30 m / h lift speed. With the cruising speed of 12 knots could the volcano SMS to follow the former submarines. The first German U -boat accident on January 17, 1911 in front of the keel SMS volcano, however, was not fast enough on the spot to rescue the trapped in the tower naval officers of SM U 3. The SMS Vulcan was a submarine escort vessel model for particular vessel types that were used in Russia and Japan. Thus, the similarly designed Volkhov applies ( in the Soviet Union and renamed Kommuna at least in operation until 2002 ), built under license from HDW in the Putilov in St. Petersburg as a somewhat enlarged development of the volcano. During the transfer passage to England the Delivered to the Entente ship in the spring of 1919 in the North Sea was lost.

Another dock ship to rescue from submarines was built with the SMS Cyclop in the First World War at the Bremer Vulkan. She was a lot bigger than the volcano. The Cyclop went 1919 into British hands on.

Commander

  • Lieutenant Paul Reymann --- March 4, 1908 to September 30, 1909
  • Lieutenant Commander / Frigate Captain Eberhard von Mantey --- October 1, 1909 to February 26, 1910
  • Lieutenant Commander Walter Michaelis --- 27 February to 30 September 1910
  • Lieutenant Commander Heuberer --- October 1, 1910 to September 28, 1913
  • Lieutenant Commander Theodor Eschenburg --- September 29, 1913 to November 4, 1914
  • Lieutenant Charles Beard Bach --- November 5, 1914 to March 12, 1915
  • Lieutenant Commander / Commander Theodor Eschenburg --- March 13, 1915 to November 23, 1918
  • Lieutenant of the Reserve Edmund Hanssen --- November 24, 1918 to January 17, 1919
  • Command not forgive --- 18 January to 14 March 1919
  • Lieutenant Commander Schaper --- 15 March to 6 April 1919

SMS volcano, around 1908

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