SM ''U-65'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of the 329
submarine
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s serving in the
Imperial German Navy
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in
World War I
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.
''U-65'' was engaged in the
naval warfare
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and took part in the
First Battle of the Atlantic
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.
Operations
''U-65''. ''Kaptlt''. Hermann von Fischel. On completion at Kiel did trials at Kiel School about May and June 1916, afterwards proceeding to the North Sea to join 4th Flotilla.
*? 11–14 July 1916. North Sea patrol.
*16–24 July 1916. North Sea patrol.
*17–21 August 1916. North Sea patrol, attacked
minesweeper ''Haldon'' 20 August.
*3–4 September 1916. North Sea patrol. Returned with defects.
*26 October – 19 November 1916. To Mediterranean, northabout. Engaged by armed yacht in . Sank nothing. On arrival at Cattaro joined the Pola-Cattaro Flotilla.
*28 November – 7 December 1916. Left Cattaro and on 1 December probably sank a steamer. On 4 December sank British SS ''Caledonia'' in . The submarine was badly rammed by ''Caledonia'' and appears to have returned home immediately on the surface.
* 17 February 1917. Sank troopship (12,644 tons). 754 casualties.
*29 March – 19/20 April 1917. In western Mediterranean sank 4 steamships, 5 sailing vessels (13,000 tons).
*14 May – 9 June 1917. Possible cruise of ''U-65''. After leaving Cattaro submarine damaged
cruiser
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by torpedo on 15 May in . She then sank 7 steamers and 12 sailing vessels in the central Mediterranean. 6 June, she was reported off Cape Passaro, 7 June in the vicinity of
Straits of Messina
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, and 8 June was possibly attacked by seaplane in .
*The next cruise of ''U-65'' which can be reconstructed with probability was from 10 to 31 January or 1 February 1918. On this cruise she sank 2 steamers and 1 sailing vessel, and was twice attacked from the air and once by depth-charged by
''Campanula'', which she missed by torpedo.
*A later possible cruise was for about the first 3 weeks of September 1918, on which she sank 4 steamers and damaged 4 more, between longitudes 8° and 17°E.
*At the end of October 1918 she was
scuttled[NA, HW 7/3, p.230, states ''U-65'' was "blown up". ''Handelskrieg'', Vol 5, p.227, names 10 submarines, including ''U-65'', which were all in a state beyond repair and were destroyed at the evacuation of the Austrian submarine bases: "... some of them were blown up in their bases, some were scuttled at sea in the vicinity of their bases." Uboat.net says she was "scuttled", but gives no source or reference for this.] by the Germans at Pola or Cattaro.
Summary of raiding history
See also
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Room 40
Room 40, also known as 40 O.B. (old building; officially part of NID25), was the cryptanalysis section of the British Admiralty during the First World War.
The group, which was formed in October 1914, began when Rear-Admiral Henry Oliver, the ...
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Anti-submarine warfare
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U-boat Campaign (World War I)
References
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External links
Photos of cruises of German submarine U-54 in 1916-1918.A 44 min. German film from 1917 about a cruise of the German submarine U-35.
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original documents, photos and maps about World War I German submarine warfare and British Room 40
Room 40, also known as 40 O.B. (old building; officially part of NID25), was the cryptanalysis section of the British Admiralty during the First World War.
The group, which was formed in October 1914, began when Rear-Admiral Henry Oliver, the ...
Intelligence from The National Archives
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, Kew, Richmond, UK.
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