SM U-71

History
German Empire
Name	U-71
Ordered	6 January 1915
Builder	AG Vulkan, Hamburg
Yard number	55
Launched	31 October 1915
Commissioned	20 December 1915
Fate	23 February 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921.
General characteristics
Class and type	German Type UE I submarine
Displacement	755 t (743 long tons) surfaced; 832 t (819 long tons) submerged;
Length	56.80 m (186 ft 4 in) (o/a); 46.66 m (153 ft 1 in) (pressure hull);
Beam	5.90 m (19 ft 4 in) (o/a); 5.00 m (16 ft 5 in) (pressure hull);
Height	8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)
Installed power	2 × 900 PS (662 kW; 888 shp) surfaced; 2 × 900 PS (662 kW; 888 shp) submerged;
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	10.6 knots (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph) surfaced; 7.9 knots (14.6 km/h; 9.1 mph) submerged;
Range	7,880 nmi (14,590 km; 9,070 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced; 83 nmi (154 km; 96 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged;
Test depth	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement	4 officers, 28 enlisted
Armament	2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (one starboard bow, one starbord stern); 4 torpedoes; 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun;
Service record
Part of:	I Flotilla; 7 April 1916 – 11 November 1918;
Commanders:	Kptlt. Hugo Schmidt; 20 December 1915 – 19 April 1917; Kptlt. Walter Gude; 20 April – 27 November 1917; Kptlt. Otto Dröscher; 28 November 1917 – 27 January 1918; Oblt.z.S. Richard Scheurlen; 28 January – 29 July 1918; Oblt.z.S. Kurt Slevogt; 30 July – 14 October 1918;
Operations:	12 patrols
Victories:	17 merchant ships sunk ; (14,964 GRT); 2 warships sunk ; (2,731 tons); 1 auxiliary warship sunk ; (309 GRT); 1 merchant ship damaged ; (3,230 GRT); 1 warship damaged ; (820 tons); 1 merchant ship taken as prize ; (82 GRT);

SM U-71 was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-71 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

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