SM U 107
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| Construction data | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull ocean- going boat official draft from MS -type war mission K |
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| Series: | U 105 - U 110 | |
| Builder: | Germania shipyard, Kiel | |
| Build number: | 276 | |
| Construction contract: | May 5, 1916 | |
| Launch: | June 28, 1917 | |
| Commissioning: | August 18, 1917 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement: | 798 tons (above water) 1000 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 71.55 m | |
| Width: | 6.30 m | |
| Draft: | 3.90 m | |
| Pressure body ø: | 4.15 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Dive time: | 45-66 s | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2400 PS E-machines 1200 PS |
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| Speed: | 16.4 knots (above water) 8.4 knots (under water) |
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| Armament: | 4 × 50 cm bow torpedo tube 2 × 50 cm stern torpedo tube (12-16 torpedoes) 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun |
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| Mission data | ||
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| Crew (target strength): | 4 officers 32 men |
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| Calls: | 1917: 1 1918: 4 |
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| Successes: | 5 sunk merchant ships | |
| Whereabouts: | delivered to Great Britain on November 20, 1918 and broken up in Swansea in 1922 | |
SM U 107 was a diesel-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy that was used in the First World War .
Calls
U 107 was commissioned on May 5, 1916 expired on 28 June 1917 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel from the stack and was put into service on August 18, 1917th From September 1917 the boat was assigned to the IV. U- Flotilla in Emden and Borkum .
U 107 led five during World War enterprises in the eastern North Atlantic through. Five merchant ships with a total tonnage of 17,546 GRT were sunk. In addition to ships of the war opponents, this also included the Norwegian sailing ship Castor I with 117 GRT.
The largest ship sunk by U 107 was the British passenger ship Flavia with 9,291 GRT. The Flavia was sunk on August 24, 1918 on her voyage from Montreal to Avonmouth near Bristol about 30 nautical miles northwest of Tory Island ( Ireland ). A person was killed in the process.
Whereabouts
On November 20, 1918 U 107 was delivered to the United Kingdom and scrapped in Swansea ( Wales ) in 1922 .
Commanders
- Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke (August 18, 1917 - December 31, 1917)
- First Lieutenant Kurt Slevogt (January 1, 1918 - July 31, 1918)
- Lieutenant Kurt Siewert (August 1, 1918 - November 11, 1918)
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 139.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 124.
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 69.
- ↑ According to www.uboat.net , a total of six ships with a total tonnage of 24,663 GRT were sunk and one ship with 1,084 GRT was damaged.
- ↑ www.uboat.net: WWI U-boat Successes - Ships hit by U 107 (Engl.)
- ↑ www.uboat.net Ships hit during WWI - Flavia (Engl.)
- ↑ Flavia on www.wrecksite.eu (Engl.)
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966 . Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, p. 91.
literature
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen, 1993, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
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