SM U-65 (Germany)

SM U-65 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-65 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

Operations
U-65. Kaptlt. Hermann von Fischel. On completion at Kiel did trials at Kiel School about May and June 1916, afterwards proceeding to the North Sea to join 4th Flotilla.


 * ? 11–14 July 1916. North Sea patrol.
 * 16–24 July 1916. North Sea patrol.
 * 17–21 August 1916. North Sea patrol, attacked minesweeper Haldon 20 August.
 * 3–4 September 1916. North Sea patrol. Returned with defects.
 * 26 October – 19 November 1916. To Mediterranean, northabout. Engaged by armed yacht HMS Valiant II in 35.91667°N, -3.95°W. Sank nothing. On arrival at Cattaro joined the Pola-Cattaro Flotilla.
 * 28 November – 7 December 1916. Left Cattaro and on 1 December probably sank a steamer. On 4 December sank British SS Caledonia in 35.66667°N, 17.06667°W. The submarine was badly rammed by Caledonia and appears to have returned home immediately on the surface.
 * 17 February 1917. Sank troopship SS Athos (12,644 tons). 754 casualties.
 * 29 March – 19/20 April 1917. In western Mediterranean sank 4 steamships, 5 sailing vessels (13,000 tons).
 * 14 May – 9 June 1917. Possible cruise of U-65. After leaving Cattaro submarine damaged cruiser HMS Dartmouth (1911) by torpedo on 15 May in 41.18333°N, 18.25°W. She then sank 7 steamers and 12 sailing vessels in the central Mediterranean. 6 June, she was reported off Cape Passaro, 7 June in the vicinity of Straits of Messina, and 8 June was possibly attacked by seaplane in 39.06667°N, 19°W.
 * The next cruise of U-65 which can be reconstructed with probability was from 10 to 31 January or 1 February 1918. On this cruise she sank 2 steamers and 1 sailing vessel, and was twice attacked from the air and once by depth-charged by Campanula, which she missed by torpedo.
 * A later possible cruise was for about the first 3 weeks of September 1918, on which she sank 4 steamers and damaged 4 more, between longitudes 8° and 17°E.
 * At the end of October 1918 she was scuttled by the Germans at Pola or Cattaro.