WWI U-boats

U 101

Type U 57
ShipyardA.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 Kptlt. Karl Koopmann
20 Dec 1917 - 17 Jun 1918 Kptlt. Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg (Pour le Mérite)
18 Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Friedrich Ulrich
Career 8 patrols
10 Jul 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla
Successes23 ships sunk with a total of 26,253 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 11,217 tons. (View ships hit by U 101)
Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Morecambre beginning in June 1920.

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 U 101 from WWII.


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