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SM UB-19

{{other ships|German submarine U-19}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox ship begin}}

{{Infobox ship image

|Ship image=SM UB 45.jpg

|Ship caption=SM UB-45, a U-boat similar to UB-19

}}

{{Infobox ship career

|Ship country=German Empire

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

|Ship name=UB-19

|Ship ordered=30 April 1915{{sfn|Rössler|1979|p=64}}

|Ship builder=Blohm & Voss, Hamburg{{sfn|Rössler|1979|p=64}}

|Ship yard number=249{{sfn|Rössler|1979|p=64}}

|Ship laid down=

|Ship launched=2 September 1915{{sfn|Rössler|1979|p=64}}

|Ship commissioned=16 December 1915{{sfn|Rössler|1979|p=64}}

|Ship fate=Sunk by British Q ship, 30 November 1916

|Ship notes=

}}

{{Infobox ship characteristics

|Header caption={{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=23-25}}

|Ship class=Type UB II submarine

|Ship displacement=

  • {{convert|263|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced
  • {{convert|292|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship length=

  • {{convert|36.13|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
  • {{convert|27.13|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} pressure hull

|Ship beam=

  • {{convert|4.36|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
  • {{convert|3.85|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} pressure hull

|Ship draught={{convert|3.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=

|Ship speed=

  • {{convert|9.15|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
  • {{convert|5.81|kn}} submerged

|Ship range=

  • {{convert|6,650|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|5|kn}} surfaced
  • {{convert|45|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}} submerged

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

|Ship complement=2 officers, 21 men

|Ship armament=

|Ship notes=45-second diving time

}}

{{Infobox service record

|is_ship=yes

|partof=*Flandern Flotilla

  • 1 March – 30 November 1916

|commanders=*Kptlt. Walter Gustav Becker{{cite Uboat.net

|id=19

|name=Walter Gustav Becker

|type=1comm

|accessdate=29 January 2015

}}

  • 17 December 1915 – 3 November 1916
  • Oblt.z.S. Erich Noodt{{cite Uboat.net

|id=230

|name=Erich Noodt

|type=1comm

|accessdate=29 January 2015

}}

  • 4 – 30 November 1916

|operations=15 patrols

|victories=*13 merchant ships sunk
({{GRT|10,040}})

  • 1 merchant ship damaged
    ({{GRT|3,020}})
  • 1 merchant ship taken as prize
    ({{GRT|1,970}})

}}

SM UB-19{{#tag:ref|"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ({{langx|en|His Majesty's}}) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.|group=Note}} was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy ({{langx|de|Kaiserliche Marine}}) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 30 April 1915 and launched on 2 September 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 16 December 1915 as SM UB-19. The submarine sank 13 ships in 15 patrols for a total of {{GRT|10,040|disp=long}}. UB-19 was sunk in the English Channel at {{coord|49|56|N|2|45|W|display=title, inline}} on 30 November 1916 by British Q ship {{HMS|Penshurst}} (Q 7).{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=23-25}}

Design

A Type UB II submarine, ‘’UB-19’’ had a displacement of {{convert|263|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|292|t|LT}} while submerged. They had a length overall of {{convert|36.13|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|4.54|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|3.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by two Daimler six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines each producing {{convert|284|PS|kW shp}} (a total of {{convert|600|PS|kW shp}}), two Siemens-Schuckert electric motors producing {{convert|280|PS|kW shp}}, and one propeller shaft. She had a dive time of 32 seconds and was capable of operating at a depth of {{convert|50|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=23-25}}

The submarine's top submerged speed was 5.81 knots and its top surface speed was 9.15 knots (16.95 km/h; 10.53 mph). When submerged, she could operate for {{convert|45|nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn}}; when surfaced she could travel {{convert|6650|nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn}}. UB-19 was fitted with two {{convert|50|cm}} torpedo tubes in the bow, four torpedoes, and one 5 cm SK L/40 gun Tk L/40 deck gun. Her complement was twenty-three crew members.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=23-25}}

Summary of raiding history

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

! width="140px"|Name

! width="160px"|Nationality

! width="25px" |TonnageTonnages are in gross register tons

! width="160px"|Fate{{cite Uboat.net

|id=ub19

|name=UB-19

|type=1boat

|accessdate=26 January 2015

}}

align="right"|18 May 1916

|align="left" |Osprey

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

|align="right"|18

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|24 July 1916

|align="left" |Mars

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

|align="right"|106

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|10 August 1916

|align="left" |San Bernardo

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

|align="right"|3,803

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|4 October 1916

|align="left" |Jennie Bullas

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

|align="right"|26

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|4 October 1916

|align="left" |Jersey

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

|align="right"|162

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|4 October 1916

|align="left" |Rado

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

|align="right"|182

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|5 October 1916

|align="left" |Rover

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

|align="right"|42

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|25 October 1916

|align="left" |Comtesse De Flandre

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

|align="right"|1,810

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|26 October 1916

|align="left" |Iduna

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

|align="right"|165

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|10 November 1916

|align="left" |Koningin Regentes

|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands|civil}}

|align="right"|1,970

|align="left" |Captured as prize

align="right"|23 November 1916

|align="left" |Ernaston

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

|align="right"|3,020

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|24 November 1916

|align="left" |Jerseyman

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

|align="right"|358

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|27 November 1916

|align="left" |Belle Ile

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

|align="right"|1,884

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|27 November 1916

|align="left" |Visborg

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

|align="right"|1,343

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|30 November 1916

|align="left" |Behrend

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

|align="right"|141

|align="left" |Sunk

References

=Notes=

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=Citations=

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}

  • {{Cite book| last = Bendert| first = Harald |title=Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal | location = Hamburg | publisher = Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH| year = 2000 | isbn = 3-8132-0713-7 | language = German}}
  • {{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

}}

  • {{cite book |last1=Rössler |first1=Eberhard |title=Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften: eine Bilddokumentation über den deutschen U-Bootbau; in zwei Bänden |date=1979 |publisher=Bernard & Graefe |location=Munich |volume=I|isbn=3-7637-5213-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIvfAAAAMAAJ |language=de}}

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