SM U-1 (Germany)
SM U-1 at sea | |
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U-1 |
| Ordered | 3 December 1904 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Cost | 1,905,000 Goldmark |
| Yard number | 119 |
| Laid down | October 1905 |
| Launched | 4 August 1906 |
| Commissioned | 14 December 1906 |
| Decommissioned | 19 February 1919 |
| Status | On display in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | German Type U 1 submarine |
| Displacement | |
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| Beam | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 3.17 m (10 ft 5 in) |
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| Test depth | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Complement | 2 officers, 10 men (later 3/19) |
| Armament | 1 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tube with 3 C/03 torpedoes |
| Service record | |
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| Operations: | none |
| Victories: | No ships sunk or damaged |
SM U-1, also known in English as the German Type U 1 submarine, is the first U-boat class of the U-boat series of submarines produced for the German Empire's Imperial German Navy. Only one was built. The U-1 was constructed by Germaniawerft in Kiel and was commissioned on 14 December 1906. When World War I began in 1914, the U-1 was deemed obsolete and was used only for training until 19 February 1919, when it was struck by another vessel while on an exercise.