Battlefields & battle sites · Scottish Islands
SM U-75
SM U-75 in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
SM U-75 is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
SM U-75 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-75 was engaged in naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. On her first mission, U-75 laid the mine that sank the cruiser HMS Hampshire during her voyage to Russia carrying British Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener. The cruiser sank at 59°07′N 03°24′W west of the Orkney Islands with nearly total loss of life in a force 9 gale.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 59.1167, -3.4000
Sources
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SM U-75?
- SM U-75 is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.1167°, -3.4000°.