SM U-62

SM U-62 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-62 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

History
German Empire
Name	U-62
Ordered	6 October 1914
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number	217
Laid down	22 June 1915
Launched	2 August 1916
Commissioned	30 December 1916
Fate	22 November - Surrendered. Broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Type U 57 submarine
Displacement	768 t (756 long tons) surfaced 956 t (941 long tons) submerged
Length	67.00 m (219 ft 10 in) (o/a) 54.02 m (177 ft 3 in) (pressure hull)
Beam	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) (oa) 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) (pressure hull)
Height	8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
Draught	3.79 m (12 ft 5 in)
Installed power	2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 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 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged
Range	11,400 nmi (21,100 km; 13,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 49 nmi (91 km; 56 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) 7 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 deck gun
Service record
Part of:	II Flotilla 15 February 1917 – 11 November 1918
Commanders:	Kptlt. Ernst Hashagen[2] 30 December 1916 – 24 December 1917 Kptlt. Otto Wiebalck[3] 25 December 1917 – 9 March 1918 Kptlt. Ernst Hashagen[4] 10 March – 11 November 1918
Operations:	9 patrols
Victories:	45 merchant ships sunk (109,117 GRT) 2 warships sunk (10,767 tons)[5] 1 auxiliary warship sunk (12,927 GRT) 5 merchant ships damaged (16,483 GRT)

On 8 March 1917, SM U-62 sank the coal freighter Storstad, the ship that had rammed and sunk the RMS Empress of Ireland ocean liner in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history.

On 7 August 1918, she torpedoed the French armoured cruiser Dupetit-Thouars, which sank with the loss of 13 of her crew.