WWI U-boats
U 100
Type | U 57 | ||||||
Shipyard | A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 251) | ||||||
Ordered | 15 Sep 1915 | ||||||
Laid down | 30 Nov 1915 | ||||||
Launched | 25 Feb 1917 | ||||||
Commissioned | 16 Apr 1917 | ||||||
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Career | 8 patrols | ||||||
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Successes | 10 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.