SM ''U-29'' was a Type ''U-27''

U-boat U-boats are Submarine#Military, naval submarines operated by Germany, including during the World War I, First and Second World Wars. The term is an Anglicization#Loanwords, anglicized form of the German word , a shortening of (), though the G ...

of the

Imperial German Navy The Imperial German Navy or the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial Navy) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for ...

. She served during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. ''U-29''s last commander was Captain

Otto Weddigen Otto Eduard Weddigen (15 September 1882 – 18 March 1915) was an Imperial German Navy U-boat commander during World War I. He was awarded the ''Pour le Mérite'', Germany's highest honour, for sinking four British warships. Biography and ...

. ''U-29'' was sunk with all hands on 18 March 1915 in the

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after being rammed by , the only submarine known to have been purposefully sunk by a battleship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:U0029 Type U 27 submarines U-boats commissioned in 1914 U-boats sunk in 1915 World War I submarines of Germany World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea 1913 ships Ships built in Danzig U-boats lost with all hands U-boats sunk by British warships U-boats sunk in collisions