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SM U-64

{{Short description|Submarine}}

{{Infobox ship begin}}

{{Infobox ship career

| Hide header=

| Ship country =German Empire

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

| Ship name=U-64

| Ship ordered=17 May 1915

| Ship builder=Germaniawerft, Kiel

| Ship yard number= 248

| Ship laid down=19 May 1915

| Ship launched=29 February 1916

| Ship commissioned=15 April 1916

| Ship reinstated=

| Ship fate=Sunk 17 June 1918 by depth charges from {{HMS|Lychnis

6}} at {{coord|38|07|N|10|27|E}}. 38 dead and 5 survivors.{{cite Uboat.net

|name=U 64

|id=64

|type=1sub

}}

| Ship homeport=

}}

{{Infobox ship characteristics

|Hide header=

|Header caption={{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=8-10}}

|Ship class=Type U 63 submarine

|Ship displacement=

  • {{convert|810|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced
  • {{convert|927|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship length=

  • {{convert|68.36|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a)
  • {{convert|55.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (pressure hull)

|Ship beam=

  • {{convert|6.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (oa)
  • {{convert|4.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (pressure hull)

|Ship height={{convert|7.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|4.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship power=

  • 2 × {{convert|2200|PS|kW shp|abbr=on|lk=on|0}} surfaced
  • 2 × {{convert|1200|PS|kW shp|abbr=on|0}} submerged

|Ship propulsion=2 shafts

|Ship speed=

  • {{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
  • {{convert|9.0|kn}} submerged

|Ship range=

  • {{convert|9170|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}} surfaced
  • {{convert|60|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|5|kn}} submerged

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

|Ship complement=36

|Ship armament=

|Ship notes=

}}

{{Infobox service record

| is_ship=yes

| label=

| partof =*IV Flotilla

  • 31 May – 19 November 1916
  • Pola / Mittelmeer / Mittelmeer I Flotilla
  • 19 November 1916 – 17 June 1918

| codes=

| commanders =

  • Kptlt. Robert Moraht{{cite Uboat.net

|id=213

|name=Robert Moraht

|type=1comm

|accessdate=16 March 2015

}}

  • 15 April 1916 – 17 June 1918

|operations=10 patrols

|victories=

  • 44 merchant ships sunk
    ({{GRT|129,327}})
  • 1 warship sunk
    (18,300 tons)
  • 1 auxiliary warship sunk
    ({{GRT|243}})
  • 3 merchant ships damaged
    ({{GRT|9,420}})
  • 1 merchant ship taken as prize
    ({{GRT|186}})

}}

SM U-64 was a Type U-63 class submarine in the Kaiserliche Marine that served during World War I. She was built in 1916 and served in the Mediterranean Sea.

On 19 March 1917, while on patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea, U-64 encountered the French battleship {{ship|French battleship|Danton||2}} {{convert|30|nmi}} south of Sardinia.{{sfn|BBC, "Danton wreck"}} U-64 torpedoed Danton which sank in 45 minutes with the loss of 296 men.

During her career, U-64 was under the command of Kapitänleutnant Robert Moraht. She was lost on 17 June 1918.

Summary of raiding history

class="wikitable sortable"
width="140px"|Date

! width="160px"|Name

! width="160px"|Nationality

! width="25px" |TonnageMerchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.

! width="140px" |Fate{{cite Uboat.net

|id=u64

|name=U 64

|type=1boat

|accessdate=25 November 2014

}}

align="right"|25 September 1916

|align="left" |Bella

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|11

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|26 September 1916

|align="left" |Loch Ryan

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|186

|align="left" |Captured as prize

align="right"|10 November 1916

|align="left" |Freja

|align="left" |{{flag|Denmark}}

|align="right"|2,168

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|10 November 1916

|align="left" |Tripel

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="right"|4,633

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|15 November 1916

|align="left" |F. Matarazzo

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|2,823

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|17 February 1917

|align="left" |HMT Hawk

|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}}

|align="right"|243

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|17 February 1917

|align="left" |Okement

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,349

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|18 February 1917

|align="left" |Asturian

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|3,193

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|19 February 1917

|align="left" |Corso

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|3,242

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|12 March 1917

|align="left" |Nina M.

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|118

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|16 March 1917

|align="left" |Catania

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|3,188

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|17 March 1917

|align="left" |Tripoli

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|658

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|19 March 1917

|align="left" |{{ship|French battleship|Danton

2}}

|align="left" |{{navy|France}}

|align="right"|18,300

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|23 March 1917

|align="left" |Eptalofos

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,413

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|25 March 1917

|align="left" |Berbera

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,352

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|25 March 1917

|align="left" |Immacolata

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|137

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|5 June 1917

|align="left" |Kallundborg

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|1,590

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|6 June 1917

|align="left" |Oriana

|align="left" |{{flag|Argentina|1816}}

|align="right"|1,015

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|7 June 1917

|align="left" |Mama Filomena

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|148

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|9 June 1917

|align="left" |Fert

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|5,567

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|9 June 1917

|align="left" |Gratangen

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="right"|2,484

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|12 June 1917

|align="left" |Moreni

|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}

|align="right"|4,045

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|19 June 1917

|align="left" |La Giuseppina

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|28

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|19 June 1917

|align="left" |Nuovo Mondo Carmelo

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|25

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|12 September 1917

|align="left" |Gisla

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="right"|2,118

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|12 September 1917

|align="left" |Urd

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|3,049

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|12 September 1917

|align="left" |Wilmore

|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}

|align="right"|5,395

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|14 September 1917

|align="left" |Amiral De Kersaint

|align="left" |{{flag|France}}

|align="right"|5,570

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|14 September 1917

|align="left" |Ausonia

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|1,438

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|14 September 1917

|align="left" |Chulmleigh

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,911

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|19 October 1917

|align="left" |War Clover

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|5,174

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|25 October 1917

|align="left" |Erviken

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="right"|2,134

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|25 October 1917

|align="left" |Ness

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|3,050

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|25 October 1917

|align="left" |Sheaf Blade

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|2,378

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|26 October 1917

|align="left" |Le Tarn

|align="left" |{{flag|France}}

|align="right"|1,658

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|28 October 1917

|align="left" |Ferrona

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,591

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|9 December 1917

|align="left" |Adour

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="right"|1,940

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|10 December 1917

|align="left" |Crathorne

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="right"|2,619

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|10 December 1917

|align="left" |Owasco

|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}

|align="right"|4,630

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|11 December 1917

|align="left" |D. A. Gordon

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|2,301

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|11 December 1917

|align="left" |Minorca

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|1,145

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|14 December 1917

|align="left" |Coila

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,135

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 January 1918

|align="left" |Minnetonka

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|13,528

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|4 February 1918

|align="left" |Participation

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|2,438

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|5 February 1918

|align="left" |Caprera

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|1,875

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|6 February 1918

|align="left" |Duca Di Genova

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|7,893

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|7 February 1918

|align="left" |Montenegro

|align="left" |{{flag|France}}

|align="right"|1,306

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|8 February 1918

|align="left" |Agnese Madre

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|235

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|8 February 1918

|align="left" |Emma Felice

|align="left" |{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|align="right"|128

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|17 June 1918

|align="left" |Kandy

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,921

|align="left" |Damaged

References

=Notes=

{{Reflist|group=Note}}

=Citations=

{{reflist}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite news

|first=Jonathan

|last=Amos

|title=Danton wreck found in deep water

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7898890.stm

|publisher=BBC News

|date=19 February 2009

|accessdate=19 February 2009

|ref={{sfnRef|BBC, "Danton wreck"}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|last1=Gröner

|first1=Erich

|last2=Jung

|first2=Dieter

|last3=Maass

|first3=Martin

|translator-last1=Thomas

|translator-first1=Keith

|translator-last2=Magowan

|translator-first2=Rachel

|year=1991

|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels

|volume=2

|series=German Warships 1815–1945

|location=London

|publisher=Conway Maritime Press

|isbn=0-85177-593-4

|ref=CITEREFGröner1991

}}

{{use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

External links

  • [http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14354 Wreck Site U-64].

{{U-63 class submarines}}

{{June 1918 shipwrecks}}

{{coord|38|07|N|10|27|E|region:IT_type:landmark|display=title}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:U0064}}

Category:Type U 63 submarines

Category:World War I submarines of Germany

Category:1916 ships

Category:Ships built in Kiel

Category:U-boats commissioned in 1916

Category:Maritime incidents in 1918

Category:U-boats sunk in 1918

Category:U-boats sunk by British warships

Category:World War I shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea