SM U-5 (Germany) explained

SM U-5 was a German Type U 5 U-boat built for the Imperial German Navy. She was commissioned 2 July 1910 in Germaniawerft in Kiel. She served in World War I under the command of Kptlt. Johannes Lemmer, with no recorded sinkings of enemy ships on two patrols. She was lost in an accident off the Belgian coast on 18 December 1914, and sank with no survivors - all of her 29 crew members died.

On 4 September 2023, it was announced that the wreck of U-5 was successfully identified.^[1]

Bibliography

• Book: Gröner. Erich. Jung. Dieter. Maass. Martin. Thomas. Keith. Magowan. Rachel. 1991. German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. 2. London. Conway Maritime Press. 0-85177-593-4. CITEREFGröner1991.
• Book: Rössler, Eberhard. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften: U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkriegs, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935–1945 . The German Submarines and Their Shipyards: Submarine Construction Until the End of the First World War. I. Bernard & Graefe. Koblenz. 1985. 3-7637-5213-7. de.
• Book: Kemp , Paul . 1997. U-boats destroyed, German submarine losses in the World Wars. London. Arms & Armour Press. 1-85409-321-5. 9.
• Book: Stern , Robert C . Battle Beneath the Waves: U-boats at War. Cassell Military Paperbacks. 2002. 0-304-36228-X.

External links

• U 5. 5. 1sub. 27 February 2007.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NWS . VRT . 2023-09-04 . Gezonken Duitse duikboten na 100 jaar geïdentificeerd: bemanning nog aan boord . 2023-09-04 . vrtnws.be . nl.