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SM UC-58
SM ''UC-58'' was a German Type UC II submarine, Type UC II minelayer, minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (german: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916, keel laying, laid down on 18 March 1916, and was Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 21 October 1916. She was Ship commissioning, commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 12 March 1917 as SM ''UC-58''."SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ( en, His Majesty's) and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''. In twelve patrols ''UC-58'' was credited with sinking 25 ships, either by torpedo or by naval mines, mines laid. ''UC-58'' was surrendered on 24 November 1918 and ship breaking, broken up at Cherbourg in 1921. Design A Type UC II submarine, ''UC-58'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a length overall of , a beam (ship), beam of , and a draught (ship), draught of . T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary empire led by an emperor, although has been used in German to denote the Roman Empire because it had a weak hereditary tradition. In the case of the German Empire, the official name was , which is properly translated as "German Empire" because the official position of head of state in the constitution of the German Empire was officially a "presidency" of a confederation of German states led by the King of Prussia who would assume "the title of German Emperor" as referring to the German people, but was not emperor of Germany as in an emperor of a state. –The German Empire" ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine''. vol. 63, issue 376, pp. 591–603; here p. 593. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, as well as simply Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
