Name U-56 Laid down 28 December 1914 Launched 18 April 1916 | Ordered 23 August 1914 Commissioned 23 June 1916 Construction started 28 December 1914 Draft 3.64 m | |
Fate 3 November 1916 - Missing after November 3, 1916. 35 dead (all hands lost) Builder Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | ||
SM U-56 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-56 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
On November 2, 1916, U-56 was attacked by gunfire from the Imperial Russian Navy destroyer Grozovoi off Khorne Island, Norway (near Vardø). U-56 was survived this attack. U-56 put the crew of the Norwegian merchant ship Ivanhoe ashore at 07:45 on 3 November 1916 at Lodsvik. The Norwegian sailors were aboard during the action the previous day and their description matches the Russian account.
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