U-21 submarine

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
deck gun
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kaiserliche_Werft_Danzig
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Kapitänleutnant_Hans_H._von_Schenk
gptkb:Kapitänleutnant_Otto_von_Schrader
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1914
gptkbp:crew 40 men
U-boat training schools
gptkbp:decommissioned 1918
gptkbp:deployed_by gptkb:German_Empire
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:design gptkb:Type_U-boat
gptkbp:displacement 1,000 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:displacement_submerged 1,200 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:fate_after_service scrapped
gptkbp:first_patrol gptkb:1914
gptkbp:historical_context World War I naval warfare
gptkbp:historical_impact changed naval tactics.
gptkbp:historical_significance first submarine to sink a warship with torpedoes
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Wilhelmshaven
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U-21 submarine
gptkbp:last_patrol 1918
gptkbp:launched 1913
gptkbp:length 64.7 meters
gptkbp:notable_achievement sank 2 cruisers
gptkbp:notable_commanders Otto von Schrader
gptkbp:notable_event sank HMS Pathfinder
gptkbp:notable_feature stealth capabilities
gptkbp:notable_mission sank merchant ships
gptkbp:notable_ships G7a
12 torpedoes
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operational_period 1914-1918
4 years
gptkbp:operational_status lost at sea
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:diesel_engine
diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 50,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:sank_in 1918
gptkbp:service gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:service_years 1918
gptkbp:speed 25 knots
20 knots
gptkbp:submerged_range 100 nautical miles
gptkbp:submerged_speed 8 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:U-boat_type_VIIC
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Pathfinder
14 ships
gptkbp:surface_range 15,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:torpedo_launch_system internal torpedo tubes
gptkbp:type gptkb:boat
gptkbp:type_of_vessel gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U-20_submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6