SM U-100

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-100.
History
German Empire
Name: U-100
Ordered: 15 September 1915
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen
Laid down: 30 November 1915
Launched: 25 February 1917
Commissioned: 16 April 1917
Fate: Surrendered 27 November 1918
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: German Type U 57 submarine
Displacement:
  • 750 t (740 long tons) surfaced
  • 952 t (937 long tons) submerged
Length:
Beam:
  • 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) (o/a)
  • 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) (pressure hull)
Height: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught: 3.65 m (12 ft)
Installed power:
  • 2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced
  • 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 × 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers
Speed:
  • 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) surfaced
  • 8.8 knots (16.3 km/h; 10.1 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 10,100 nmi (18,700 km; 11,600 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 56 nmi (104 km; 64 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement: 4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament:
  • 4 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern)
  • 10–12 torpedoes
  • 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun
Service record
Part of:
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Freiherr Degenhart von Loë[2]
  • 31 May 1917 – 30 September 1918
  • Kptlt. Friedrich Götting[3]
  • 1 October – 11 November 1918
Operations: 8 patrols
Victories:
  • 10 merchant ships sunk (34,505 GRT)
  • 2 merchant ships damaged (5,272 GRT)

SM U-100 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-100 was engaged in the German campaign against Allied commerce (Handelskrieg) during that conflict.[4]

Summary of raiding career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[5]
14 June 1917 Cedarbank  Norway 2,825 Sunk
17 June 1917 Gunhild  Denmark 996 Sunk
22 June 1917 Melford Hall  United Kingdom 6,339 Sunk
5 August 1917 Kathleen  United Kingdom 3,915 Sunk
9 August 1917 Blagdon  United Kingdom 1,996 Sunk
27 December 1917 Adela  United Kingdom 685 Sunk
15 February 1918 Thalatta I  Netherlands 358 Damaged
21 February 1918 Rio Verde  United Kingdom 4,025 Sunk
16 April 1918 Lake Michigan  United Kingdom 9,288 Sunk
9 June 1918 Helene  Netherlands 112 Sunk
21 June 1918 Homer City  United Kingdom 4,914 Damaged
21 June 1918 Montebello  United Kingdom 4,324 Sunk

References

  1. ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 38-39.
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Bibliography

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