SM U-88
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-88.
SM U-88[Note 1] was a Type U 87 submarine built for the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-88 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
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Name | U-88 |
Ordered | 23 June 1915 |
Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Yard number | 32 |
Laid down | 20 November 1915 |
Launched | 22 June 1916 |
Commissioned | 7 April 1917 |
Fate | 5 September 1917 - Presumably mined off Terschelling. 43 dead (all hands lost)[1] |
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Class and type | German Type U 87 submarine |
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Height | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 3.88 m (12 ft 9 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 32 enlisted |
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Operations: | 4 patrols |
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U-88 is most notable for sinking and taking with her Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger, responsible for sinking the RMS Lusitania when he was commander of U-20. The submarine came to an end on 5 September 1917 when she struck a British mine and sank in the North Sea north of Terschelling at 53°57′N 4°55′E. Everyone on board U-88 was killed.[1]