| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-105 |
| Ordered: | 5 May 1916 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 274 |
| Launched: | 16 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 4 July 1917 |
| Renamed: | Jean Autric |
| Struck: | 27 January 1937 |
| Fate: | Surrendered to France 20 Nov 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 93 submarine |
| Displacement: | 808 tons (surfaced) 946 tons (submerged) 1160 tons (total) |
| Length: | 70.60 m (overall) 55.55 m (pressure hull) |
| Beam: | 6.30 m (overall) 4.15 m (pressure hull) |
| Draught: | 4.02 m |
| Propulsion: | 2400 hp (surfaced) 1200 hp (submerged) |
| Speed: | 16.8 knots (surfaced) 9.1 knots (submerged) |
| Range: | 11,220 miles (surfaced) 56 miles (submerged) |
| Complement: | 39 men |
| Armament: | 16 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes) 105mm deck gun with 220 rounds 88mm deck gun |
SM U-105 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-105 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. After the war she was ceded to France, where the unit served as Jean Autric until being scrapped in 1938.[1]
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