This article is about the 1908 German navy U-boat salvage tug. For the 1843 Austrian navy paddle steamer, see
SMS Vulcano.
SMS Vulkan |
History |
German Empire |
Name: |
SMS Vulkan |
Builder: |
Howaldtswerke, Kiel |
Laid down: |
1907 |
Launched: |
28 September 1907 |
Commissioned: |
4 March 1908 |
Homeport: |
Kiel |
General characteristics |
Displacement: |
1,595 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length: |
85.3 m (280 ft) |
Beam: |
16.5 m (54 ft) |
Draught: |
3.85 m (12.6 ft) |
Speed: |
12 knots |
Range: |
3,000 nm |
Complement: |
108 men |
Vulkan during WWI, by R. Schmidt
SMS Vulkan was a U-boat salvage tug in the Kaiserliche Marine laid down in 1907 and commissioned 1908. The ship displaced 1595 tons and had a top speed of 12 knots.
The famous U-boat ace Max Valentiner served as salvage officer on Vulkan in early 1911. On 17 January 1911, he and the crew saved all 30 men from U-3 by getting them out of the torpedo tube after it was sunk near Kiel harbour in Heikendorfer Bay because of an unclosed valve in the ventilation shaft. Amongst the saved crew was Otto Weddigen, the later commander of U-9 and Paul Clarrendorf, the commander of U-boot-Abnahme-Kommando in Kiel which enlisted u-boat crews.
Vulkan during construction
Vulkan is also famous for salvaging two U-boats, U-30 on 27 August 1915 and UC-45 on 17 September 1917.
Vulkan was taken out of service 11 November 1918 and surrendered to the British forces together with the bigger salvage tug, SMS Cyclop. Being pulled to Harwich it was sunk 6 April 1919 in position 54°54′N 06°18′E / 54.900°N 6.300°E / 54.900; 6.300.
External links
Media related to SMS Vulkan at Wikimedia Commons
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Jan: HMY Iolaire
- 21 Jan: UC-40
- 30 Jan: Nimrod
- 7 Feb: HMS Erin's Isle
- 8 Feb: U-16
- 10 Feb: UC-91
- 20 Feb: UC-71
- 22 Feb: U-21
- 7 Mar: HNoMS Thor
- 6 Apr: Vulkan
- 15 Apr: U-118
- 17 Apr: USS Freehold
- 27 Apr: USS Courtney, USS Otis W. Douglas
- 28 Apr: USS Gypsum Queen, USS James
- April (unknown date): Borets za Svobodu
- 4 May: HMS Cupar
- 5 May: SMS Leipzig
- 2 Jun: Rucumilla
- 9 Jun: HMS L55
- 16 Jun: HMS Kinross
- 18 Jun: Oleg
- 21 Jun: SMS Bayern, SMS Bremse, SMS Brummer, SMS Cöln, SMS Dresden, SMS Derfflinger, SMS Emden, SMS Friedrich der Grosse, SMS G38, SMS G39, SMS G40, SMS Hindenburg, SMS Grosser Kurfürst, SMS Kaiser, SMS Kaiserin, SMS Karlsruhe, SMS König, SMS König Albert, SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, SMS Markgraf, SMS Moltke, SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, SMS S36, SMS S50, Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow, SMS Seydlitz, SMS V45, SMS V46, SMS Von der Tann
- 28 Jun: Duchess of Richmond
- June (unknown date): Erinpura
- 27 Jul: USS May
- 30 Jul: USS G-2
- 13 Aug: Basilicata
- 18 Aug: Dvina
- 1 Sep: HMS Vittoria
- 4 Sep: HMS Verulam
- 8 Sep: Valbanera
- 9 Sep: USS St. Sebastian, USS SP-471
- 10 Sep: USS Coco, USS Katherine K., USS Patrol No. 1, USS Sea Hawk
- 11 Sep: USS Helena I
- 16 Sep: HMS M25, HMS M27
- 29 Sep: ML-18, ML-62, ML-191, Ossifrage
- 30 Sep: August Helmerich
- 3 Oct: Frank O'Connor
- 7 Oct: Sizergh Castle
- 9 Oct: Daram
- 17 Oct: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
- 18 Oct: HMS H41
- 31 Oct: Fazilka
- 22 Nov: Myron
- 12 Dec: USS Kerwood
- 18 Dec: Cufic
- Unknown date: UB-14
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