SM U-110

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-110.

History

German Empire
Name:	U-110
Ordered:	5 May 1916
Builder:	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number:	279
Launched:	28 July 1917
Commissioned:	25 September 1917
Fate:	15 March 1918, sunk by British destroyers
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	German Type U 93 submarine
Displacement:	798 t (785 long tons) surfaced 1,000 t (980 long tons) submerged
Length:	71.55 m (234 ft 9 in) (o/a) 56.05 m (183 ft 11 in) (pressure hull)
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 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun
Service record
Part of:	Imperial German Navy: IV Flotilla 22 December 1917 – 15 March 1918
Commanders:	Kptlt. Otto von Schubert^[2] 22 November – 10 December 1917 K.Kapt. Carl Albrecht Kroll^[3] 12 December 1917 – 15 March 1918
Operations:	3 patrols
Victories:	10 merchant ship sunk (26,963 GRT)

SM U-110 was a Type U 93 U-boat of the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was ordered on 5 May 1916 and launched on 28 July 1917. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 September 1917 as SM U-110.^{[Note 1]} and assigned to IV Flotilla of the High Seas Fleet based on the German North Sea coast.^[4]

Service History

U-110 made three wartime patrols, and sank 10 ships, totalling 26,963 gross register tons (GRT). Her first success was the British Q ship Penshurst, with which she fought an engagement on 24 December 1917. Penshurst sank shortly after.

Fate

U 110 was sunk on 15 March 1918 north-west of Malin Head. She was found and depth-charged by British destroyers Michael and Moresby. 39 men were lost.^[5] 55°4′N 8°6′W / 55.067°N 8.100°W / 55.067; -8.100Coordinates: 55°4′N 8°6′W / 55.067°N 8.100°W / 55.067; -8.100

In September, 1918 she was raised and taken to Swan Hunter's dry dock for restoration. At the conclusion of hostilities restoration was halted and she was sold for scrap.

Summary of raiding history

Date	Name	Nationality	Tonnage^{[Note 2]}	Fate^[6]
24 December 1917	HMS Penshurst	Royal Navy	1,191	Sunk
30 December 1917	Zone	United Kingdom	3,914	Sunk
7 January 1918	Egda	Norway	2,527	Sunk
4 March 1918	Castle Eden	United Kingdom	1,949	Sunk
7 March 1918	Vitol	Royal Navy	2,639	Sunk
7 March 1918	Tarbetnesse	United Kingdom	3,018	Sunk
8 March 1918	Erica	United Kingdom	167	Sunk
9 March 1918	Nanny Wignall	United Kingdom	93	Sunk
10 March 1918	Germaine	France	1,428	Sunk
15 March 1918	Amazon	United Kingdom	10,037	Sunk

Notes

↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and U for Unterseeboot. This translates as His Majesty's Submarine.
↑ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.

References

↑ Gröner 1991, pp. 12-14.
↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Otto von Schubert". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Carl Albrecht Kroll". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
↑ Tarrant p56
↑ Kemp
↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 110". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

Bibliography

Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
Kemp, Paul : U-Boats Destroyed (1997). ISBN 1-85409-515-3
Tarrant, VE : The U-Boat Offensive 1914–1945 (1989) ISBN 0-85368-928-8

External links

Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 110". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net.
"1918: Inside a German U-boat - A sunken sub, raised from the depths". Mashable - Retronaut Old Photographs.

German Type U 93 submarines

U-93 U-94 U-95 U-96 U-97 U-98 U-105 U-106 U-107 U-108 U-109 U-110 U-111 U-112 U-113 U-114 U-160 U-161 U-162 U-163 U-164 U-165 U-166 U-167

Preceded by: Type U 87 Followed by:Type UE II List of U-boats of Germany

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1918

Shipwrecks	1 Mar: HMS Calgarian 2 Mar: HMS H5 9 Mar: Hindenburg 10 Mar: SM UB-58 12 Mar: HMS D3 15 Mar: Amazon, SM U-110, SM UB-106 19 Mar: Linz 23 Mar: HMS Arno 24 Mar: Partenope 26 Mar: RFA Lady Cory-Wright, SM U-61 27 Mar: HMS Kale 28 Mar: Inkosi 31 Mar: Slieve Bloom Unknown date: USS Cyclops, SM UB-17, SM UB-54

Other incidents	20 Mar: HMT Boorara 31 Mar: Celtic, USS Stockton

1917 1918 1919 February 1918 April 1918

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