SM U-107

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-107.
Career (German Empire)
Name: U-107
Ordered: 5 May 1916
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number: 276
Launched: 28 June 1917
Commissioned: 18 August 1917
Fate: Surrendered 20 November 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 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
21 September 1917 - 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke[1]
    18 August - 31 December 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Kurt Slevogt[2]
    1 January - 31 July 1918
  • Kptlt. Kurt Siewert[3]
    1 August - 11 November 1918
Operations: 5 patrols
Victories: 6 merchant ships sunk (24,663 GRT)
1 ship damaged 1,084 GRT

SM U-107 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-107 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.[4]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[5]
21 October 1917 Epiros  Greece 1,084 Damaged
14 April 1918 Marstonmoor  United Kingdom 2,744 Sunk
29 June 1918 Castor I  Norway 117 Sunk
15 August 1918 Cubore  United States 7,117 Sunk
18 August 1918 Idaho  United Kingdom 3,023 Sunk
21 August 1918 Lake Edon  United States 2,371 Sunk
24 August 1918 Flavia  United Kingdom 9,291 Sunk

References

  1. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Kurt Slevogt". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Kurt Siewert (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-107". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-107". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.