SM U-100
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-100.
| Career (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 | |
| Class and type: | German Type U 57 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 |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: II Flotilla 31 May 1917 - 11 November 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Freiherr Degenhart von Loë[1] 31 May 1917 - 30 September 1918 Kptlt. Friedrich Götting[2] 1 October 1918 - 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.[3]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Freiherr Degenhart von Loë". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Friedrich Götting". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-100". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net100. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-100". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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