SM U-10 (Germany)

	U-10
History
German Empire
Name	U-10
Ordered	15 July 1908
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Cost	2,140,000 Goldmark
Yard number	5
Launched	24 January 1911
Commissioned	31 August 1911
Fate	Missing in the Baltic Sea since June 1916
General characteristics
Class & type	Type U 9 submarine
Displacement	493 t (485 long tons) surfaced; 611 t (601 long tons) submerged;
Length	57.38 m (188 ft 3 in) o/a
Beam	6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Draught	3.13 m (10 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 900 PS (660 kW; 890 shp); 2 × SSW electric motors with 1,040 PS (760 kW; 1,030 shp); 550 rpm surfaced; 600 rpm submerged;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in) propellers;
Speed	14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) surfaced; 8.1 knots (15.0 km/h; 9.3 mph) submerged;
Range	3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Test depth	50 m (160 ft)
Boats & landing; craft carried	1 dinghy
Complement	4 officers, 25 men
Armament	4 × torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern); 6 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedoes; 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss gun;
Service record
Part of	I Flotilla; 1 August 1914 – 7 July 1915; Baltic Flotilla; 7 July 1915 – 1 June 1916;
Commanders	Kptlt. Fritz Stuhr; 1 August 1914 – 1 June 1916;
Operations	6 patrols
Victories	7 merchant ships sunk; (1,651 GRT)

SM U-10 was one of 329 submarines which served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. The boat was one of four Type U 9 submarines which were built for the Navy. It sunk seven ships during the war before being lost in the Baltic Sea in 1916.