SM U-54

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-54.
Career (German Empire)
Name: U-54
Ordered: 23 August 1914
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Laid down: 18 March 1915
Launched: 22 February 1916
Commissioned: 25 May 1916
Fate: 24 November 1918 - Surrendered to Italy. Broken up at Taranto in May 1919.[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:German Type U 51 submarine
Service record
Part of: Imperial German Navy
II Flotilla
2 Jul 1916 - 11 Nov 1918
Commanders: Kptlt Freiherr Volkhard von Bothmer[2]
16 May 1916 - 19 May 1917
Kptlt Kurt Heeseler[3]
20 May 1917 - 22 Mar 1918
Oblt Hellmuth von Ruckteschell[4]
23 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918
Operations: 12 patrols
Victories: 26 merchant ships sunk (66,691 GRT)
3 merchant ships damaged (15,362 GRT)
1 warship sunk (1,290 tons)

SM U-54 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-54 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[5]
3 February 1917 Tamara  Norway 453 Sunk
4 February 1917 Floridian  United Kingdom 4,777 Sunk
4 February 1917 Palmleaf  United Kingdom 5,489 Sunk
5 February 1917 Ainsdale  United Kingdom 1,825 Damaged
5 February 1917 Azul  United Kingdom 3,074 Sunk
7 February 1917 Wallace  United Kingdom 3,930 Damaged
7 February 1917 Saxonian  United Kingdom 4,855 Sunk
15 March 1917 Eugene Pergeline  France 2,203 Sunk
1 April 1917 Consul Persson  Norway 1,835 Sunk
1 April 1917 Fjelland  Norway 387 Sunk
2 April 1917 Havlyst  Norway 532 Sunk
3 June 1917 San Lorenzo  United Kingdom 9,607 Damaged
7 June 1917 Jonathan Holt  United Kingdom 1,523 Sunk
13 June 1917 Darius  United Kingdom 3,426 Sunk
23 July 1917 Ashleigh  United Kingdom 6,985 Sunk
23 July 1917 Huelva  United Kingdom 4,867 Sunk
25 July 1917 Rustington  United Kingdom 3,071 Sunk
26 July 1917 Somerset  United Kingdom 7,163 Sunk
31 July 1917 Alcides  Norway 2,704 Sunk
16 September 1917 Arabis  United Kingdom 3,928 Sunk
17 September 1917 Niemen  France 1,888 Sunk
19 September 1917 Marthe Marguerite  France 588 Sunk
24 September 1917 Louis Bossert  Norway 605 Sunk
25 September 1917 Marceau  France 292 Sunk
30 April 1918 HMS Starmount  Royal Navy 2,485 Damaged
8 May 1918 Dux  United Kingdom 1,349 Sunk
8 May 1918 Princess Dagmar  United Kingdom 913 Sunk
10 May 1918 Wileysike  United Kingdom 2,501 Sunk
16 July 1918 HMS Anchusa  Royal Navy 1,290 Sunk
27 September 1918 En Avant  France 86 Sunk
29 September 1918 Libourne  United Kingdom 1,219 Sunk

References

  1. ↑ Uboat.net U-54
  2. ↑ "Freiherr Volkhard von Bothmer". Uboat.net. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kurt Heeseler (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hellmuth von Ruckteschell (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "SM U-54 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

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