Name U-58 Laid down 8 June 1915 Class and type Type U 57 submarine Launched 31 May 1916 Builder AG Weser | Ordered 6 October 1914 Commissioned 9 August 1916 Construction started 8 June 1915 Draft 3.79 m Part of Imperial German Navy | |
Fate Depth charged by the destroyer USS Fanning in Bristol Channel at . 2 dead, 38 survivors. | ||
SM U-58 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-58 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Fate
The boat was sunk with the loss of two men and the capture of the rest of the crew in the Action of 17 November 1917.
References
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