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'''SM U-72''' was one of the 329 [[submarine]]s serving in the Imperial German Navy ([[Kaiserliche Marine]]) in [[World War I]]. |
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U-72 was engaged in the [[Naval warfare of World War I|naval warfare]] and took part in the [[First Battle of the Atlantic]]. |
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== Operations known to British Intelligence == |
== Operations known to British Intelligence in WWI == |
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The following are recorded activities of SM U-72 known to [[Room 40|British Naval Intelligence |
The following are recorded activities of SM U-72 known to [[Room 40| British Naval Intelligence, Room 40, 1914-1918]]:<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3981615&j=1 National Archives, Kew: HW 7/3, Room 40, History of German Naval Warfare 1914-1918] (Published below - Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914-1918)</ref> |
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"SM U-72. Kaptlt. Krafft. Left the stocks at Hamburg (Vulcan) in March 1916, joined the Kiel School, and first entered North Sea on 11th April 1916. Attached 1st Half Flotilla. |
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*15th April - 21st April 1916. Cruise in North Sea. Returned with defects. |
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*23rd May - 29th May 1916. ? Cruise in North Sea. |
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*21st June to 4th July 1916. Northabout. Laid mines off Cape Wrath. |
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*20th August - ? 15th September 1916. Northabout to Mediterranean. Laid mines off Lisbon, Oran and Cape Blanc. On arriving at Cattaro joined the Pola-Cattaro Flotilla. |
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Of the operations of U-72 in the Mediterranean little is known after her arrival in September 1916. |
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*On a cruise from the middle of February 1917 until |
*On a cruise from the middle of February 1917 until 6th March 1917 she sank 4 S.S. and stopped a British hospital ship, DUNLUCE CASTLE. She damaged S.S. MEGANTIC, and was later unsuccessfully attacked by armed trawlers. |
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U-72 was reported as not having cruised, with the above exception, after January 1917, and was regarded as a lame duck. Indeed of her class, U-71 to U-80 (Minelayers), U-80 was the only boat, which was not continually in dockyard hands. At the end of October 1918 U-72 was blown up at Pola or Cattaro." |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
Revision as of 16:13, 9 December 2009
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Name | U-72 |
General characteristics |
SM U-72 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-72 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Operations known to British Intelligence in WWI
The following are recorded activities of SM U-72 known to British Naval Intelligence, Room 40, 1914-1918:[1]
"SM U-72. Kaptlt. Krafft. Left the stocks at Hamburg (Vulcan) in March 1916, joined the Kiel School, and first entered North Sea on 11th April 1916. Attached 1st Half Flotilla.
- 15th April - 21st April 1916. Cruise in North Sea. Returned with defects.
- 23rd May - 29th May 1916. ? Cruise in North Sea.
- 21st June to 4th July 1916. Northabout. Laid mines off Cape Wrath.
- 20th August - ? 15th September 1916. Northabout to Mediterranean. Laid mines off Lisbon, Oran and Cape Blanc. On arriving at Cattaro joined the Pola-Cattaro Flotilla.
Of the operations of U-72 in the Mediterranean little is known after her arrival in September 1916.
- On a cruise from the middle of February 1917 until 6th March 1917 she sank 4 S.S. and stopped a British hospital ship, DUNLUCE CASTLE. She damaged S.S. MEGANTIC, and was later unsuccessfully attacked by armed trawlers.
U-72 was reported as not having cruised, with the above exception, after January 1917, and was regarded as a lame duck. Indeed of her class, U-71 to U-80 (Minelayers), U-80 was the only boat, which was not continually in dockyard hands. At the end of October 1918 U-72 was blown up at Pola or Cattaro."
Note: S.S. = Steam Ship; S.V. = Sailing Vessel; northabout, Muckle Flugga, Fair I. = around Scotland; Sound, Belts, Kattegat = via North of Denmark to/from German Baltic ports; Bight = to/from German North Sea ports; success = sinking of ships
See also
Notes
- ^ National Archives, Kew: HW 7/3, Room 40, History of German Naval Warfare 1914-1918 (Published below - Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914-1918)
References
- Spindler, Arno (1932,1933,1934,1941/1964,1966). Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten. 5 Vols. Berlin: Mittler & Sohn. Vols. 4+5, dealing with 1917+18, are very hard to find: Guildhall Library, London, has them all, also Vol. 1-3 in an English translation: The submarine war against commerce.
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(help) - Beesly, Patrick (1982). Room 40: British Naval Intelligence 1914-1918. London: H Hamilton. ISBN 978-0241108642.
- Halpern, Paul G. (1995). A Naval History of World War I. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1857284980.
- Roessler, Eberhard (1997). Die Unterseeboote der Kaiserlichen Marine. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 978-3763759637.
- Schroeder, Joachim (2002). Die U-Boote des Kaisers. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 978-3763762354.
- Koerver, Hans Joachim (2008). Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914-1918. Vol I., The Fleet in Action. Steinbach: LIS Reinisch. ISBN 978-3-902433-76-3.
- Koerver, Hans Joachim (2009). Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914-1918. Vol II., The Fleet in Being. Steinbach: LIS Reinisch. ISBN 978-3-902433-77-0.
External links
- Photos of cruises of German submarine U-54 in 1916-1918.
- A 44 min. German film from 1917 about a cruise of the German submarine U-35.
- Uboat.net: More detailed information about U-72.
- Room 40: original documents, photos and maps about WWI German submarine warfare and British Room 40 Intelligence from The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, UK.