SM U-58

History
German Empire
Name:	U-58
Ordered:	6 October 1914
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen
Laid down:	8 June 1915
Launched:	31 May 1916
Commissioned:	9 August 1916
Fate:	Depth charged by the destroyer USS Fanning in Bristol Channel at 51°32′N 05°21′W / 51.533°N 5.350°W / 51.533; -5.350. 2 dead, 38 survivors.
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type U 57 submarine
Displacement:	786 t (774 long tons) surfaced 956 t (941 long tons) submerged
Length:	67.00 m (219 ft 10 in) (o/a) 54.22 m (177 ft 11 in) (pressure hull)
Beam:	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) (oa) 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) (pressure hull)
Height:	8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
Draught:	3.79 m (12 ft 5 in)
Installed power:	2 × 1,800 PS (1,324 kW; 1,775 shp) surfaced 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	14.7 knots (27.2 km/h; 16.9 mph) surfaced 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged
Range:	7,730 nmi (14,320 km; 8,900 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement:	36
Armament:	4 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern) 7 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 deck gun 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun
Service record
Part of:	Imperial German Navy II Flotilla 16 October 1916 - 17 November 1917
Commanders:	Kptlt. Kurt Wippern 9 August 1916 – 3 June 1917 Kptlt. Peter Hermann 4–26 June 1917 Kptlt. Karl Scherb 27 June – 30 October 1917 Kptlt. Gustav Amberger 31 October – 17 November 1917
Operations:	8 patrols
Victories:	21 merchant ships sunk (30,906 GRT)

SM U-58 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-58 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

The boat was sunk with the loss of two men and the capture of the rest of the crew in the Action of 17 November 1917.

Coordinates: 51°37′N 8°12′W / 51.617°N 8.200°W / 51.617; -8.200

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