SM U-76

History
German Empire
Name	U-76
Ordered	9 March 1915
Builder	AG Vulkan, Hamburg
Yard number	58
Launched	12 March 1916
Commissioned	11 May 1916
Fate	22 January 1917 - Foundered in bad weather off North Cape 71°N 23°E / 71°N 23°E / 71; 23 after damage by collision with a Russian trawler. 1 dead, unknown number of survivors.[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Type UE I submarine
Displacement	755 t (743 long tons) surfaced 832 t (819 long tons) submerged
Length	56.80 m (186 ft 4 in) (o/a) 46.66 m (153 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Beam	5.90 m (19 ft 4 in) (o/a) 5.00 m (16 ft 5 in) (pressure hull)
Height	8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)
Installed power	2 × 900 PS (662 kW; 888 shp) surfaced 2 × 800 PS (588 kW; 789 shp) submerged
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2× 1.38 m (4 ft 6 in) propellers
Speed	9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph) surfaced 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) submerged
Range	7,880 nmi (14,590 km; 9,070 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced 83 nmi (154 km; 96 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement	4 officers, 28 enlisted
Armament	2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (one port bow, one starbord stern) 4 torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun
Service record
Part of:	I Flotilla 29 June 1916 – 22 January 1917
Commanders:	Kptlt. Waldemar Bender[3] 11 May 1916 – 22 January 1917 [1]
Operations:	4 patrols
Victories:	2 merchant ships sunk (1,149 GRT + Unknown GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (6,254 GRT)

SM U-76^{[Note 1]} was a Type UE 1 submarine and one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-76 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

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