| SM U-110 | |
|---|---|
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Name: | U-110 |
| Ordered: | 5 May 1916 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | Werk 279 |
| Launched: | 28 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 25 September 1917 |
| Fate: | 15 March 1918, sunk by British destroyers |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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: |
4 bow,2 stern torpedo tubes (16 torpedoes) 1 × 105mm deck gun with 220 rounds 1 × 88mm deck gun |
SM U-110 was a Type U 93 u-boat of the German Imperial Navy (German language: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was ordered on 5 May 1916 and launched on 28 July 1917. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy 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.[1]
U-110 made three wartime patrols, and sank 10 ships, totalling 26,963 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. She was found and depth-charged by British destroyers Michael and Moresby. 39 men were lost.[2] 54°49′N 8°6′W / 54.817°N 8.1°WCoordinates: 54°49′N 8°6′W / 54.817°N 8.1°W
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.
Notes[]
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and U for Unterseeboot. This translates as His Majesty's Submarine.
References[]
- Kemp, Paul : U-Boats Destroyed (1997). ISBN 1-85409-515-3
- Tarrant, VE : The U-Boat Offensive 1914–1945 (1989) ISBN 0-85368-928-8
- U-110 at uboat.net
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