SM UB-29
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SM UB-29 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Template:Langx) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 30 April 1915 and launched on 31 December 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 January 1916 as SM UB-29.[Note 1]
The submarine sank 36 ships in 17 patrols for a total of Template:GRT.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". UB-29 was supposedly sunk by two depth charges from Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". south of Goodwin Sands at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". on 13 December 1916 ,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". although the location of its wreck discovered in Belgian waters, approximately 15 nm NW of Ostend, contradicts this claim. The Landrail might have mistaken UB-29 for another boat, possibly the UC-19.[3]
The UB-29Template:'s wreckage – exceptionally well preserved and with the hull still intact – was found by Belgian divers in the summer of 2017, and formally identified in November 2017. Its exact location was not published, in order to enable further research and protection of the site.[4]
Design
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Summary of raiding history
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Wreckage
The well preserved wreckage of the submarine was discovered in 2017 off the coast of Ostend. Hence, the assumption that it was sunk south of Goodwin Sands after a collision with HMS Landrail cannot be maintained. One possible explanation is that UB-29 escaped after the collision, and ran into a mine in Belgian waters. Another explanation is that HMS Landrail sank another U-boat, possibly the UC-19. The German government decided to leave the 22 crew members in the wreckage. Only some minor artefacts lying outside the submarine will be salvaged for an exposition in Belgium and will later be handed to the Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg.[6]
Notes
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- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (Template:Langx) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ↑ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
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