WWI U-boats

U 100

 

Type

Mittel U

Shipyard A.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   Freiherr Degenhart von Loë
1 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918   Friedrich Götting
Career 8 patrols
31 May 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla
Successes9 ships sunk for a total of 30,480 tons.
2 ships damaged for a total of 5,272 tons. 
Fate 27 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Swansea in 1922.  

See the 11 ships hit by U 100


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 the U 100 from WWII.

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