SM U-106
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-106 |
| Ordered: | 5 May 1916 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 275 |
| Launched: | 12 June 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mines 7 October 1917 |
| 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 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: |
Imperial German Navy: IV Flotilla 28 July 1917 - 7 October 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Hans Hufnagel[1] 28 July 1917 - 7 October 1917 |
| Operations: | 1 patrol |
| Victories: |
1 merchant ships damaged (5,867 GRT) 1 warship sunk (957 tons) |
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 July 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.[2] She was lost off Terschelling after striking a mine on 7 October 1917.[3]
Wreck
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.[4][5]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1917 | HMS Contest |  Royal Navy |
957 | Sunk |
| 18 September 1917 | City of Lincoln |  United Kingdom |
5,867 | Damaged |
References
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans Hufnagel". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ "British Destroyers". Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-106". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. 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.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-106". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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