Name U-64 Yard number 248 Commissioned 15 April 1916 Launched 29 February 1916 | Ordered 17 May 1915 Laid down 19 May 1915 Construction started 19 May 1915 Draft 4.04 m | |
Fate Sunk 17 June 1918 by depth charges from HMS Lychnis at . 38 dead and 5 survivors. Builder Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | ||
SM U-64 was a Type U-63 class submarine in the Kaiserliche Marine that served during World War I. She was built in 1916 and served in the Mediterranean Sea.
On 19 March 1917, while on patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea, U-64 encountered the French battleship Danton 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south of Sardinia. U-64 torpedoed Danton which sank in 45 minutes with the loss of 296 men.
During her career, U-64 was under the command of Kapitänleutnant Robert Moraht. She was lost on 17 June 1918.
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