WWI U-boats

U 101

 

Type

Mittel U

Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen  (Werk 252)
Ordered 15 Sep 1915 Laid down 30 Nov 1915 
Launched 1 Apr 1917 Commissioned 15 May 1917 
Commanders
15 May 1917 - 19 Dec 1917   Karl Koopmann
20 Dec 1917 - 17 Jun 1918   Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg
18 Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918   Friedrich Ulrich
Career 8 patrols
10 Jul 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla
Successes23 ships sunk for a total of 26,253 tons.
3 ships damaged for a total of 11,217 tons. 
Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Morecambre beginning in June 1920.  

See the 26 ships hit by U 101


There was another U 101 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 13 Jan 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 11 Mar 1940. Take a look at the U 101 from WWII.

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