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| ⚫ | '''SM ''U-103''''' was a [[Germany|German]] [[German Type Mittel U submarine|Type Mittel U]] [[U-boat]] during the [[First World War]]. ''U-103'' was built on [[AG Weser]] in [[Bremen]], launched on [[June 9]] [[1917]] and commissioned [[July 15]] [[1917]]. She completed 5 tours of duty by commander [[Claus Rücker]] and was responsible for the sinking of 8 vessels of total {{GRT|22.249|first=yes}}. |
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Revision as of 23:19, 8 October 2008
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U-103 |
| Ordered | September 15 1915 |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down | August 8 1916 |
| Launched | June 9 1917 |
| Commissioned | July 15 1917 |
| Fate | Rammed and sunk May 12 1918. 10 dead, unknown number of survivors. |
| Class and type | Mittel U |
| Service record | |
| Part of: |
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| Commanders: | Claus Rücker |
| Operations: | 5 |
| Victories: | 8 ships sunk for a total of 22.249 tons |
SM U-103 was a German Type Mittel U U-boat during the First World War. U-103 was built on AG Weser in Bremen, launched on June 9 1917 and commissioned July 15 1917. She completed 5 tours of duty by commander Claus Rücker and was responsible for the sinking of 8 vessels of total 22.249 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help).
Loss
In the early hours of 12 May 1918, the U-103 prepared to launch torpedoes from her stern tubes at RMS Olympic, which was en route for France with US troops. However, the crew could not flood the two stern torpedo tubes and the submarine was sighted by Olympic whose gunners opened fire as she turned on to a ramming course.
U-103 immediately crash dived to 30 m (98 ft) and turned to a parallel course, but almost immediately afterwards Olympic struck the submarine just aft of her conning tower and her port propeller sliced through U-103's pressure hull. The crew of U-103 blew her ballast tanks and scuttled and abandoned the submarine. Olympic did not stop, but continued on to Cherbourg, and the USS Davis later sighted a distress flare and picked up 31 survivors from the submarine.[1] This was the only known sinking of a warship by a merchant vessel during the First World War.
U-103's wreck lies at position 49°16′N 4°51′W / 49.267°N 4.850°W.
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