SM U-63 (Germany)

History

German Empire
Name:	U-63
Ordered:	17 May 1915
Builder:	Germaniawerft, Kiel ( 247)
Laid down:	30 April 1915
Launched:	8 February 1916
Commissioned:	11 March 1916
Fate:	Surrendered 16 January 1919. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type U 63 submarine
Displacement:	810 t (800 long tons) surfaced 927 t (912 long tons) submerged
Length:	68.36 m (224 ft 3 in) (o/a) 55.55 m (182 ft 3 in) (pressure hull)
Beam:	6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) (oa) 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) (pressure hull)
Height:	7.65 m (25 ft 1 in)
Draught:	4.04 m (13 ft 3 in)
Installed power:	2 × 2,200 PS (1,618 kW; 2,170 shp) surfaced 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range:	9,170 nmi (16,980 km; 10,550 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 60 nmi (110 km; 69 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) 8 torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun
Service record
Part of:	Imperial German Navy
Commanders:	Otto Schultze 11 March 1916 – 27 August 1917 , 15 October – 24 December 1917 Heinrich Metzger 28 August – 14 October 1917 Kptlt. Kurt Hartwig 25 December 1917 – 11 November 1918
Operations:	12 patrols
Victories:	72 ships sunk for a total of 198,287 GRT 13 ships damaged for a total of 50,240 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 5,250 tons

SM U-63 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-63 was engaged in naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.