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History |
German Empire |
Name | U-101 |
Ordered | 15 September 1915 |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number | 252 |
Laid down | 30 November 1915 |
Launched | 1 April 1917 |
Commissioned | 15 May 1917 |
Fate | Surrendered 21 November 1918 |
General characteristics |
Class and type | German Type U 57 submarine |
Displacement |
- 750 t (740 long tons) surfaced
- 952 t (937 long tons) submerged
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Length | |
Beam |
- 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) (o/a)
- 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) (pressure hull)
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Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.65 m (12 ft) |
Installed power |
- 2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced
- 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers |
Speed |
- 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) surfaced
- 8.8 knots (16.3 km/h; 10.1 mph) submerged
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Range |
- 10,100 nmi (18,700 km; 11,600 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
- 56 nmi (104 km; 64 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 4 officers, 32 enlisted |
Armament | |
Service record |
Part of: |
- II Flotilla
- 10 July 1917 – 11 November 1918
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Commanders: |
- Kptlt. Karl Koopmann[2]
- 15 May 1917 – 19 December 1917
- Kptlt. Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg[3]
- 20 December 1917 – 17 June 1918
- Kptlt. Friedrich Ulrich[4]
- 18 June 1918 – 11 November 1918
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Operations: |
8 patrols |
Victories: |
- 22 merchant ships sunk
(26,045 GRT)
- 1 auxiliary warship sunk
(208 GRT)
- 3 merchant ships damaged
(11,217 GRT)
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SM U-101 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.
U-101 was engaged in the German campaign against Allied commerce (Handelskrieg) during that conflict.[5] On 26 November 1917, U-101 torpedoed and damaged RFA Crenella,[6] which managed to return to port with assistance from USS Cushing.[7]