SM U-57

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-57.

Career (German Empire)
Name:	U-57
Ordered:	6 October 1914
Builder:	A.G. Weser, Bremen
Laid down:	25 August 1915
Launched:	29 April 1916
Commissioned:	6 July 1916
Fate:	24 November 1918 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921.
General characteristics
Class & type:	German Type U 57 submarine
Displacement:	786 tons(sf) 954 (sm)
Length:	67 m
Draft:	3.79 m
Speed:	14.7 kn (sf) 8.4 (sm)
Test depth:	~50 m (164 feet)
Armament:	Deck gun: 88mm 276 rounds Torpedoes: 6, 2/2 (bow / stern tubes)

Service record
Part of:	Imperial German Navy
Commanders:	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg [1] 6 Jul 1916 - 19 Dec 1917 Günther Sperling [2] 20 Dec 1917 - 6 Mar 1918 Walter Stein [3] 7 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918
Operations:	7 patrols 55 ships sunk for a total of 91,462 tons. 5 ships sunk for a total of 10,157 tons. 1 warship sunk for a total of 1,250 tons.

SM U-57 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-57 was engaged in naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.