SM U-107

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-107.
History
German Empire
Name: U-107
Ordered: 5 May 1916
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number: 276
Launched: 28 June 1917
Commissioned: 18 August 1917
Fate: Surrendered 20 November 1918
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: German Type U 93 submarine
Displacement:
  • 798 t (785 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,000 t (980 long tons) submerged
Length:
Beam:
  • 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) (o/a)
  • 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) (pressure hull)
Height: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught: 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power:
  • 2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced
  • 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers
Speed:
  • 16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph) surfaced
  • 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 9,280 nmi (17,190 km; 10,680 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement: 4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament:
  • 6 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern)
  • 12-16 torpedoes
  • 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun
Service record
Part of:
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke[2]
  • 18 August – 31 December 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Kurt Slevogt[3]
  • 1 January – 31 July 1918
  • Kptlt. Kurt Siewert[4]
  • 1 August – 11 November 1918
Operations: 5 patrols
Victories:
  • 6 merchant ships sunk (24,663 GRT)
  • 1 ship damaged 1,084 GRT

SM U-107 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-107 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.[5]

Design

German Type U 93 submarines were preceded by the shorter Type U 87 submarines. U-107 had a displacement of 798 tonnes (785 long tons) when at the surface and 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons) while submerged.[1] It had a total length of 234 ft 9 in (71.55 m), a pressure hull length of 183 ft 11 in (56.06 m), a beam of 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m), a height of 27 ft 1 in (8.26 m), and a draught of 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m). The submarine was powered by two 2,400 metric horsepower (1,800 kW; 2,400 shp) engines for use while surfaced, and two 1,200 metric horsepower (880 kW; 1,200 shp) engines for use while submerged. It had two propeller shafts and two 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers. It was capable of operating at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft).[1]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph).[1] When submerged, it could operate for 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph); when surfaced, it could travel 9,280 nautical miles (17,190 km; 10,680 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). U-107 was fitted with six 50 centimetres (20 in) torpedo tubes (four at the bow and two at the stern), twelve to sixteen torpedoes, one 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) deck machine gun, and one 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) deck machine gun. It had a complement of thirty-six (thirty-two crew members and four officers).[1]

Summary of raiding career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[6]
21 October 1917 Epiros  Greece 1,084 Damaged
14 April 1918 Marstonmoor  United Kingdom 2,744 Sunk
29 June 1918 Castor I  Norway 117 Sunk
15 August 1918 Cubore  United States 7,117 Sunk
18 August 1918 Idaho  United Kingdom 3,023 Sunk
21 August 1918 Lake Edon  United States 2,371 Sunk
24 August 1918 Flavia  United Kingdom 9,291 Sunk

References

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Bibliography

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