SM U-94
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-94.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-94 |
| Ordered: | 15 September 1915 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 258 |
| Laid down: | 25 March 1916 |
| Launched: | 5 January 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 3 March 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 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[1] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
IV Flotilla 20 Apr 1917 – 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Alfred Saalwächter 3 Mar 1917 - 24 Mar 1918 Oblt Martin Schwab 25 Mar 1918 – 11 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 13 patrol |
| Victories: |
21 merchant ships sunk (61,881 GRT) 3 merchant ships damaged (19,326 GRT) |
SM U-94 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-94 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.[2]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 1917 | Deveron |  Norway |
1,261 | Sunk |
| 11 June 1917 | Thessaly |  United Kingdom |
4,310 | Damaged |
| 12 June 1917 | Amakura | United Kingdom |
2,316 | Sunk |
| 13 June 1917 | Cederic | Norway |
2,344 | Sunk |
| 20 June 1917 | HMS Salvia |  Royal Navy |
1,250 | Sunk |
| 24 June 1917 | Sylvanian | United Kingdom |
4,858 | Sunk |
| 26 June 1917 | Haverford | United Kingdom |
11,635 | Damaged |
| 29 July 1917 | Ingeborg |  Denmark |
1,207 | Sunk |
| 29 July 1917 | Adalia | United Kingdom |
3,847 | Sunk |
| 30 July 1917 | Kildin |  Russian Empire |
1,640 | Sunk |
| 30 July 1917 | Manchester Inventor | United Kingdom |
4,112 | Sunk |
| 30 July 1917 | Souma | Russian Empire |
2,200 | Sunk |
| 6 August 1917 | Argalia | United Kingdom |
4,641 | Sunk |
| 12 August 1917 | Lynorta | United Kingdom |
3,684 | Sunk |
| 16 August 1917 | Svanholm | Denmark |
1,400 | Sunk |
| 19 September 1917 | Hydra | Denmark |
174 | Sunk |
| 24 September 1917 | Petersham | United Kingdom |
3,381 | Damaged |
| 15 December 1917 | Bernard | United Kingdom |
3,682 | Sunk |
| 16 December 1917 | Bristol City | United Kingdom |
2,511 | Sunk |
| 19 February 1918 | Barrowmore | United Kingdom |
3,832 | Sunk |
| 26 February 1918 | Snyg | Norway |
370 | Sunk |
| 2 March 1918 | Rockpool | United Kingdom |
4,502 | Sunk |
| 18 May 1918 | Hurunui | United Kingdom |
10,644 | Sunk |
| 25 May 1918 | Saphir | Norway |
1,406 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ "The Type U 93 boat SM U-94 - German U-boats of WWI - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "U-94". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "SM U-94 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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