Name U-29 Commissioned 1 August 1914 Length 65 m Beam 6.32 m | Ordered 19 February 1912 Launched 11 October 1913 Draft 3.48 m Builder Kaiserliche Werft Danzig | |
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Fate Rammed and sunk by HMS Dreadnought on 18 March 1915 Class and type German Type U 27 submarine Displacement 675 t (664 long tons) surfaced
878 t (864 long tons) submerged | ||
SM U-29 was a Type U-27 U-boat of the Imperial German Navy. She served during the First World War.
U-29's last commander was Captain Otto Weddigen. U-29 was sunk with all hands on 18 March 1915 in the Pentland Firth after being rammed by HMS Dreadnought. She is the only submarine known to have been sunk by a battleship.
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