WWI U-boats

U 100

Type U 57
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 251)
Ordered 15 Sep 1915
Laid down 30 Nov 1915
Launched 25 Feb 1917
Commissioned 16 Apr 1917
Commanders
31 May 1917 - 30 Sep 1918 Kptlt. Freiherr Degenhart von Loë
1 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Friedrich Götting
Career 8 patrols
31 May 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla
Successes10 ships sunk with a total of 34,505 tons.
2 ships damaged with a total of 5,272 tons. (View ships hit by U 100)
Fate 27 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Swansea in 1922.

There was another U 100 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 10 Apr 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 30 May 1940. Take a look at U 100 from WWII.


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