SM U-30 (Germany)
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U-30 |
| Ordered | 19 February 1912 |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Yard number | 20 |
| Launched | 15 November 1913 |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1914 |
| Fate | Surrendered 22 November 1918. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | German Type U 27 submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 64.70 m (212 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 3.48 m (11 ft 5 in) |
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| Test depth | 50 m (164 ft) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 31 enlisted |
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| Operations: | 6 patrols |
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SM U-30 was one of 329 U-boat submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She engaged in commerce warfare as part of the First Battle of the Atlantic. U-30 is significant for the torpedoing of the US tanker Gulflight on 1 May 1915 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) west of Scilly.