SM U-106
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-106 |
| Ordered: | 5 May 1916 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 275 |
| Launched: | 12 Jun 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 28 Jul 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mines 7 October 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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-106 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-106 was commissioned on 28 Jul 1917, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Hufnagel, and participated in one wartime patrol starting on 2 September 1917. On 18 September 1917, during the First Battle of the Atlantic, U-106 was credited with the sinking of HMS Contest, an Acasta class destroyer, and damaging "City of Lincoln", a 5,867 ton steamer, in the Western Approaches.[1] She was lost off Terschelling after striking a mine on 7 October 1917.[2]
In 2009 the Royal Netherlands Navy found the wreckage of the ship north of Terschelling, while charting sea-routes. The news was made public in March 2011, after the ship's identity had been confirmed by German authorities and the crewmembers' families had been informed. The ship will stay in place as a wargrave.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "British Destroyers". Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ↑ "U-106". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "Marine vindt Duitse U-boot uit WO-I" (in dutch). Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ↑ "Dutch navy finds sunken German submarine". Retrieved 16 March 2011.
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