SM ''U-164'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of the 329

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s serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. ''U-164'' was engaged in the

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and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. ''U-164'' was surrendered to the Allies at

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on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. Although originally to be handed over to the USA, she was exchanged for ''U-111'', and sold by the

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to George Cohen on 3 March 1919 for £2,425 (excluding her engines), and was broken up at

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. Her engines were sold to Southend Corporation for electricity generation.

Design

German Type U 93 submarine Type 93 was a class of U-boats built during World War I by the Kaiserliche Marine. Type 93 U-boats carried 16 torpedoes and had various arrangements of deck guns. As with the type 81 and 87, some had only one SK L/30 deck gun while others had a ...

s were preceded by the shorter Type U 87 submarines. ''U-164'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a

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of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two engines for use while surfaced, and two engines for use while submerged. She had two propeller shafts and two propellers. She was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-164'' was fitted with six torpedo tubes (four at the bow and two at the stern), twelve to sixteen torpedoes, and one SK L/45 deck gun. She had a complement of thirty-six (thirty-two crew members and four officers).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:U0164 World War I submarines of Germany German Type U 93 submarines Ships built in Bremen (state) 1918 ships U-boats commissioned in 1918