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SM U-60

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-60.

SM U-60[Note 1] was a German Type UB III submarine of the Imperial German Navy in the First World War. She took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

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U-60 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She was sold by the British Admiralty to George Cohen on 3 March 1919 for £2,410, but sank in tow for Swansea after 12 June 1919.[6]

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
  2. [N 2]
    Tonnages are in gross register tons

Citations

  1. [1]
    Gröner 1991, pp. 8–10.
  2. [2]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Karl Georg Schuster (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. [3]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Karl (i.V.) Jasper". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Franz Grünert (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. [5]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 60". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  6. [6]
    Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: the fate of enemy fleets after the two World Wars. Barnsley: Seaforth. pp. 24, 96–98, 124. ISBN 978-1-5267-4198-1.
  7. [7]
    Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 60". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

Bibliography

  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). "U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels". German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
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