SM U-73
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-73.
SM U-73 was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She engaged in the commerce war as part of the First Battle of the Atlantic. U-73 has the distinction of being responsible for planting the underwater mine that later led to the sinking of the largest ship sunk during World War I, the 48,158 tons hospital ship Britannic.[8]
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Willy Stöwer: sinking a troop transport by a German submarine in the Mediterranean, postcard from 1917 - missions such as U-73 offered motifs for marine painters | |
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Name | U-73 |
Ordered | 6 January 1915 |
Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Yard number | 29 |
Launched | 16 June 1915 |
Commissioned | 9 October 1915 |
Fate | Scuttled during the evacuation of Cattaro 30 October 1918 in position 44°52′N 13°50′E[1] |
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Class and type | German Type UE I submarine |
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Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 4.84 m (15 ft 11 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2× 1.41 m (4 ft 8 in) propellers |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 4 officers, 28 enlisted |
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Operations: | 9 patrols |
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