SM U-102
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-102.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-102 |
| Ordered: | 15 September 1915 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down: | 12 August 1916 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 18 June 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mine, 30 September 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 nautical miles (20,780 km) surfaced 56 nautical miles (104 km) 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: |
II Flotilla 5 August 1917 - 30 September 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Ernst Killmann (5 August 1917 - 25 November 1917) Kptlt. Curt Beitzen (26 November 1917 - 30 September 1918) |
| Operations: | 7 patrols |
| Victories: |
5 merchant ships sunk (9,340 GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (10,757 GRT) |
SM U-102 or SM Unterseeboot 102 was a German Type U 57 submarine used by the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-102 was launched on 12 May 1917. She was commissioned to the Imperial Navy on 18 June 1917.[1]
Service history
Serving with II Flotilla the U-boat carried out seven war patrols and sank four ships for a total of 9,140 gross register tons (GRT), and damaged another of 10,757 GRT tons (the Virginian).[1]
About 28 to 30 September 1918 U-102 struck a mine in the North Sea Mine Barrage, east of the Orkney Islands while on her way to home. All of her 42 crew members' lives were claimed by the U-boat's sinking. The wreck of U-102 was located by a sonar sweep in 2006. Information to confirm the identification was obtained by divers in 2007.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 1917 | RMS Virginian |  Royal Navy |
10,757 | Damaged |
| 8 December 1917 | Lucien |  France |
200 | Sunk |
| 13 December 1917 | Noviembre |  Spain |
3,500 | Sunk |
| 21 February 1918 | Cheviot Range |  United Kingdom |
3,691 | Sunk |
| 3 March 1918 | Romeo | United Kingdom |
1,730 | Sunk |
| 24 June 1918 | Caroline |  Denmark |
219 | Sunk |
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