Navy Photo Kiel-Wik 1916, Matrosen Der u-Boot-Abteilung (U 57 & U 80) With Name

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Motive: Sailors of the Submarine department in Kiel-Wik (Stube 18 K 8) per year 1916, responsible for the U-boats U 57 and U80.

In the room, in uniform, mostly while smoking.

Inscribed on the back: "In memory of the first time at the U-boat department Stube 13 K 8 Kiel-Wik, April-June 1916.

Eight of the nine sailors are named (from left to right):

-MM Schön{???}dt (U 80)

-Senior Seaman Breier (U 57)

-Sailor Warnecke

-Senior Seaman Spicher

-Senior Seaman Rudolf

-M. Mt. Müller

-Senior candidate Klaus (U 80)

-M. Mt Gembris (U 57).

The name of the person who wrote the notes is certainly missing (there are nine sailors in the picture).

Format: 8.8 x 13.8 cm.

Condition:Motif a little blurred in some places, slightly silvered at the edges. Card curved, with mounting marks on the back. bPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: KST 23-10-18 Real photo aircraft aviation

About the submarines SM U 57 and SM U 80 (source: wikipedia):

SM U57 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War.

Appearances: U 57 ran on the 29th. It was launched at AG Weser in Bremen on April 6, 1916 and was launched on April 6th. Commissioned in July 1916. The submarine's commanders were Carl-Siegfried von Georg (6. July 1916 – 19 December 1917), Günther Sperling (20. December 1917 – 6. March 1918) and Walter Stein (7. March 1918 – 11. November 1918).

During the First World War, U 57 carried out seven patrols in the North Sea and the eastern North Atlantic. A total of 55 merchant ships belonging to the Entente and neutral states with a total tonnage of 91,680 GRT were sunk. This included a British fishing fleet of over 20 boats, which arrived on the 24th. and 25 She was sunk in the North Sea in September 1916. Furthermore, on the 23rd In October 1916 the British sloop Genista with 1,250 GRT was sunk off the west coast of Ireland. All 73 crew members were killed.

Three days after the Genista was sunk, U 57 met the 10,320 GRT Rowanmore. The British cargo ship was on its way from Baltimore to Liverpool. It was captured and sunk by torpedo. There were no fatalities.

Whereabouts: The submarine survived the First World War. Shortly after the end of the war, on the 24th November 1918, U 57 was delivered to France. In 1921 the submarine was scrapped in Cherbourg.

SM U80 was a class UE diesel-electric mining submarine of the German Imperial Navy. It was used in the First World War.

Armament and motorization:The main task of U 80 was to lay sea mines, of which up to 38 could be transported inside the boat. They were routed via two outlet pipes in the stern of the boat. It was therefore not primarily a submarine for torpedo attacks. It was relatively poorly powered compared to other ocean-going submarines. Even the surface speed remained in the single digits. The torpedo armament was primarily used for self-defense.

Appearances: U 80 ran on the 22nd. April 1916 at the Vulkan shipyard in Hamburg with the hull number 62 and was launched on the 6th. Commissioned in June 1916. From the end of August 1916 the submarine was part of the 1st U-Boat Flotilla and there the 1st Assigned to submarine semi-flotilla.

U 80 carried out 16 operations in the eastern North Atlantic during the First World War, mostly around the British Isles. 25 merchant ships with a total tonnage of 48,880 GRT and one warship with 1,025 GRT were sunk. The civilian ships included vessels from both belligerent powers and neutral states.

The largest ship sunk by U 80 was the British auxiliary cruiser Laurentic with almost 15,000 GRT. The former passenger ship sank on the 25th. January 1917 north of Ireland, approximately between Fanad and Malin Head, after hitting mines laid by U 80. The Laurentic was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax carrying 35 tons of gold for the United States government. Around 350 people died in the sinking.

The British passenger ship Celtic was even larger at over 20,000 GRT and also hit a mine laid by U 80. The mine hit on the 15th However, in February 1917, south of the Isle of Man, the Celtic was only damaged.

On the 1st In March 1917, the British destroyer HMS Pheasant, a pure Royal Navy warship, fell victim to U 80 mines. The destroyer suffered the mine hit west of the Orkney Islands and sank with her entire crew of 88 men.

Whereabouts: On the 16th In January 1919, U 80 was delivered to the United Kingdom as spoils of war. The boat was broken up in 1922 in the Welsh city of Swansea.

Commanders

Lieutenant Commander Alfred von Glasenapp – 6th June 1916 to 31. July 1917

Lieutenant Commander Gustav Amberger – 1st August 1917 to 30. October 1917

Lieutenant Commander Karl Scherb – 31. October 1917 to 22. December 1917

Lieutenant Commander Karl Koopmann – 23rd December 1917 to 11. November 1918