SM U-15 (Germany)

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|Ship image=SM U 15 unterwegs.jpg

|Ship caption=U 15 underway

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{{Infobox ship career

|Ship country=Germany

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|German Empire|naval}}

|Ship name=U-15

|Ship ordered=23 February 1909

|Ship laid down=

|Ship builder=Kaiserliche Werft Danzig

|Ship original cost=2,101,000 Goldmark

|Ship yard number=10

|Ship launched=18 September 1911

|Ship commissioned=7 July 1912

|Ship fate=Rammed 9 August 1914 off Fair Isle, Scotland, at position {{coord|58|22|N|0|58|E|display=title, inline}}. 23 dead.

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

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|Ship class=German Type U 13 submarine

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|516|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced

• {{convert|644|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship length={{convert|57.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|3.44|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*2 shafts

• 2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with {{convert|900|PS|kW shp

|Ship speed=*{{convert|14.8|kn}} surfaced

• {{convert|10.7|kn}} submerged

|Ship range surface={{convert|2000|nmi}} at 14 kn

|Ship test depth={{convert|50|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship boats=1 dinghy

|Ship complement=4 officers, 25 men

|Ship sensors=

|Ship EW=

|Ship armament=4 × {{convert|45|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern) with 6 torpedoes

|Ship motto=

|Ship nickname=

|Ship notes=

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{{Infobox service record

|is_ship=yes

|is_multi=yes

|partof=*II Flotilla

• 1–9 August 1914

|commanders=*Kptlt. Richard Pohle{{cite Uboat.net

|id=249

|name=Richard Pohle

|type=1comm

|accessdate=15 March 2015

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• 1–9 August 1914

|operations=1 patrol

|victories=None

}}