SM U-100

{{Short description|German submarine}}

{{other ships|German submarine U-100}}

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|Ship country=German Empire

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|German Empire|naval}}

|Ship name=U-100

|Ship ordered=15 September 1915

|Ship builder=AG Weser, Bremen

|Ship yard number=251

|Ship laid down=30 November 1915

|Ship launched=25 February 1917

|Ship commissioned=16 April 1917

|Ship fate=Surrendered 27 November 1918; scrapped Swansea 1919

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|Ship class=German Type U 57 submarine

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|750|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced

  • {{convert|952|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship length=*{{convert|67.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a)

|Ship beam=*{{convert|6.32|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a)

  • {{convert|4.05|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (pressure hull)

|Ship height={{convert|8.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|3.65|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

|Ship power=*2 × {{convert|2400|PS|kW shp|abbr=on|lk=on|0}} surfaced

  • 2 × {{convert|1200|PS|kW shp|abbr=on|0}} submerged

|Ship propulsion=2 shafts, 2 × {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} propellers

|Ship speed=*{{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}} surfaced

  • {{convert|8.8|kn}} submerged

|Ship range=*{{convert|10100|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}} surfaced

  • {{convert|56|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|5|kn}} submerged

|Ship test depth={{convert|50|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship complement=4 officers, 32 enlisted

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{{Infobox service record

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|partof=*II Flotilla

  • 31 May 1917 – 11 November 1918

|commanders=*Kptlt. Freiherr Degenhart von Loë{{cite Uboat.net

|id=181

|name=Freiherr Degenhart von Loë

|type=1comm

|accessdate=25 January 2015

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  • 31 May 1917 – 30 September 1918
  • Kptlt. Friedrich Götting{{cite Uboat.net

|id=95

|name=Friedrich Götting

|type=1comm

|accessdate=25 January 2015

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  • 1 October – 11 November 1918

|operations=8 patrols

|victories=

  • 10 merchant ships sunk
    ({{GRT|34,505}})
  • 2 merchant ships damaged
    ({{GRT|5,272}})

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SM U-100{{#tag:ref|"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ({{langx|en|His Majesty's}}) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.|group=Note}} was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

U-100 was engaged in the German campaign against Allied commerce (Handelskrieg) during that conflict.{{cite Uboat.net

|id=100

|name=U 100

|type=1sub

|accessdate=25 January 2010

}}

U-100 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. After being exhibited at Blyth in December 1918, she was sold while lying there by the British Admiralty to George Cohen on 3 March 1919 for £2,250 (excluding her engines), and was broken up at Swansea. Her engines were sold to Southend Corporation for use in an electricity generating station.{{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |last2=Cant |first2=Serena |title=Spoils of War: the fate of enemy fleets after the two World Wars |date=2020 |publisher=Seaforth |location=Barnsley |isbn=978-1-5267-4198-1 |pages=92–93, 125}}

Summary of raiding history

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width="140px"|Date

! width="140px"|Name

! width="160px"|Nationality

! width="25px" |TonnageTonnages are in gross register tons

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|type=1boat

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align="right"|14 June 1917

|align="left" |Cedarbank

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="right"|2,825

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|17 June 1917

|align="left" |Gunhild

|align="left" |{{flag|Denmark}}

|align="right"|996

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|22 June 1917

|align="left" |Melford Hall

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|6,339

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|5 August 1917

|align="left" |Kathleen

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|3,915

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|9 August 1917

|align="left" |Blagdon

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|1,996

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|27 December 1917

|align="left" |Adela

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|685

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|15 February 1918

|align="left" |Thalatta I

|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}}

|align="right"|358

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|21 February 1918

|align="left" |Rio Verde

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,025

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|16 April 1918

|align="left" |Lake Michigan

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|9,288

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|9 June 1918

|align="left" |Helene

|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}}

|align="right"|112

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right"|21 June 1918

|align="left" |Homer City

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,914

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right"|21 June 1918

|align="left" |Montebello

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="right"|4,324

|align="left" |Sunk

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book

|last1=Gröner

|first1=Erich

|last2=Jung

|first2=Dieter

|last3=Maass

|first3=Martin

|translator-last1=Thomas

|translator-first1=Keith

|translator-last2=Magowan

|translator-first2=Rachel

|year=1991

|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels

|volume=2

|series=German Warships 1815–1945

|location=London

|publisher=Conway Maritime Press

|isbn=0-85177-593-4

|ref=CITEREFGröner1991

}}

{{U-57 class submarines}}

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Category:World War I submarines of Germany

Category:Type U 57 submarines

Category:Ships built in Bremen (state)

Category:1917 ships

Category:U-boats commissioned in 1917