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Name | U-110 |
Ordered | 5 May 1916 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 279 |
Launched | 28 July 1917 |
Commissioned | 25 September 1917 |
Fate | 15 March 1918, sunk by British destroyers |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type U 93 submarine |
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Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 4 officers, 32 enlisted |
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Service record | |
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Commanders: | |
Operations: | 3 patrols |
Victories: |
SM U-110 was a Type U 93 U-boat of the German Imperial Navy ( German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was ordered on 5 May 1916 and launched on 28 July 1917. She was commissioned on 25 September 1917 as SM U-110. [Note 1] and assigned to IV Flotilla of the High Seas Fleet, based on the German North Sea coast. [4]
U-110 made three wartime patrols, and sank 10 ships, totalling 26,963 gross register tons (GRT). Her first success was the British Q ship Penshurst, with which she fought an engagement on 24 December 1917. Penshurst sank shortly after.
U 110 was sunk on 15 March 1918 north-west of Malin Head at 55°4′N 8°6′W / 55.067°N 8.100°W.[ citation needed] She was found and depth-charged by British destroyers Michael and Moresby. 39 men were lost. [5]
In September 1918, she was raised and taken to Swan Hunter's dry dock for restoration. At the conclusion of hostilities, restoration was halted and she was sold for scrap.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage [Note 2] | Fate [6] |
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24 December 1917 | HMS Penshurst | ![]() |
1,191 | Sunk |
30 December 1917 | Zone | ![]() |
3,914 | Sunk |
7 January 1918 | Egda | ![]() |
2,527 | Sunk |
4 March 1918 | Castle Eden | ![]() |
1,949 | Sunk |
7 March 1918 | RFA Vitol | ![]() |
2,639 | Sunk |
7 March 1918 | Tarbetnesse | ![]() |
3,018 | Sunk |
8 March 1918 | Erica | ![]() |
167 | Sunk |
9 March 1918 | Nanny Wignall | ![]() |
93 | Sunk |
10 March 1918 | Germaine | ![]() |
1,428 | Sunk |
15 March 1918 | Amazon | ![]() |
10,037 | Sunk |