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|Ship name=''U-101'' |
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|Ship ordered=15 September 1915 |
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|Ship builder=[[AG Weser]], Bremen |
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|Ship laid down=30 November 1915 |
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|Ship class=[[German Type U 57 submarine]] |
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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|750|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced |
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*{{convert|952|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged |
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*{{convert|54.02|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ([[pressure hull]]) |
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|partof=*II Flotilla |
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*10 July 1917 – 11 November 1918 |
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|commanders=*''[[Kptlt.]]'' Karl Koopmann<ref>{{cite Uboat.net |
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*15 May 1917 – 19 December 1917 |
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*''Kptlt.'' Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg<ref>{{cite Uboat.net |
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*20 December 1917 – 17 June 1918 |
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*''Kptlt.'' Friedrich Ulrich<ref>{{cite Uboat.net |
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*18 June 1918 – 11 November 1918 |
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|operations=8 patrols |
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*22 merchant ships sunk <br>({{GRT|26,045}}) |
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*1 auxiliary warship sunk <br>({{GRT|208}}) |
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*3 merchant ships damaged <br>({{GRT|11,217}}) |
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'''SM U-101''' was one of the 329 [[submarine]]s serving in the Imperial German Navy |
'''SM ''U-101''''' was one of the 329 [[submarine]]s serving in the [[Imperial German Navy]] in [[World War I]]. |
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U-101 was engaged in the [[ |
''U-101'' was engaged in the [[Commerce raiding|German campaign against Allied commerce]] (''[[U-boat Campaign (World War I)|Handelskrieg]]'') during that conflict.<ref>{{cite Uboat.net |
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}}</ref> On 26 November 1917, ''U-101'' torpedoed and damaged [[RFA Crenella|RFA ''Crenella'']],<ref name=Crenella>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicalrfa.org/index.php/index.php/rfa-crenella-ship-information |title=RFA Crenella |publisher=Royal Fleet Auxiliary Historical Society|accessdate=30 March 2010}}</ref> which managed to return to port with assistance from {{USS|Cushing|DD-55|6}}.<ref name=Cushing>{{cite web |url=http://www.historycentral.com/NAVY/destroyer/CushingIIdd55.html|title=Cushing II DD-55 |publisher=History Central|accessdate=30 March 2010}}</ref> |
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==Summary of raiding history== |
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== Operations known to British Intelligence == |
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The following are recorded activities of SM U-101 known to the [[British intelligence]] services, [[Room 40]]:<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3981615&j=1 National Archives, Kew: HW 7/3, Room 40, History of German Naval Warfare 1914-1918] (Published below - Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914-1918)</ref> |
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SM U-101, Kaptlt. Koopmann; afterwards Kaptlt. Georg, by April 1918. Left the stocks at Bremen about May 1917, and joined the Kiel School proceeding from there to North Sea on 10th July 1917. She was attached to the 2nd Half Flotilla. |
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! width="160px"|Fate<ref>{{cite Uboat.net |
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|align="right"|6 August 1917 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in November 1917#26 November|''Rosemount'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|3,044 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|26 September 1917 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in November 1917#26 November|''Jacqueline'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|France}} |
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|align="right"|2,899 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|9 October 1917 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in November 1917#26 November|''Nervier'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|Belgium}} |
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|align="right"|1,759 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|26 November 1917 |
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|align="left" |{{ship|RFA|Crenella}} |
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|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom|RFA}} |
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|align="right"|7,035 |
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|align="left" |Damaged |
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|align="right"|27 November 1917 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in November 1917#26 November|''Notre Dame De Rostrenen'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|France}} |
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|align="right"|186 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|19 January 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''St. Clair'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|621 |
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|align="left" |Damaged |
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|align="right"|1 February 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Kindly Light'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|116 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|2 February 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Marie Magdeleine'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|France}} |
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|align="right"|115 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|2 February 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Sofie'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|354 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|3 February 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Nikolaos'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} |
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|align="right"|3,561 |
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|align="left" |Damaged |
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|align="right"|5 February 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Mexico City'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|5,078 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|20 March 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Glenford'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|494 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|22 March 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Trinidad'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|2,592 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|23 March 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Jane Gray'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|124 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|24 March 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''John G. Walter'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|258 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|27 March 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Allendale'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|2,153 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|30 March 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Lough Fisher'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|418 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|2 April 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Solway Queen'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|307 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|14 May 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Embla'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|Denmark}} |
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|align="right"|157 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|26 May 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Princess Royal'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|1,986 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|27 May 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Molière'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|France}} |
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|align="right"|1,545 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|28 May 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Flora'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|France}} |
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|align="right"|209 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|29 May 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Souvenir'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|Denmark}} |
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|align="right"|549 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|30 May 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Waneta'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|1,683 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|31 May 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|''Pretty Polly'']] |
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|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |
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|align="right"|19 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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|align="right"|3 June 1918 |
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|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1918#20 March|HMT ''St. John’s'']] |
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|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}} |
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|align="right"|208 |
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|align="left" |Sunk |
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*16th July - 8th August 1917. Apparently cruised to N.W. of Ireland. There are no details known, except that she reported on the 3rd August that she had twice met enemy submarines. |
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*13th September - 12th October 1917. Northabout to S.W. of Ireland. Sank 1 S.S., 1 sailing vessel. Was unable to return by Kattegat, owing to shortage of fuel. |
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*15th November - 17th November 1917. Was sent out at full speed apparently to scout in Bight. Made no report before she returned. |
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*18th November - 14th December 1917. Northabout to Bay of Biscay and Channel approach. Sank 1 S.S., 1 sailing vessel. (Actual tonnage 3,827, submarine claimed 5,184 tons.) |
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*17th January - 14th February 1918. Northabout to English Channel, returned northabout and Sound. Sank 3 S.S., 3 sailing vessels. Claimed 11,000 tons sinkings approximately correct. |
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*14th March - 8th April 1918. Northabout to Channel. Was ordered on 27th March to occupy approach to Havre in connection with attempt to cut off British transports on the way to France. Reported being fired on by enemy submarines near Tuskar Rock Lighthouse. Returned northabout and by Sound. Sank about 5 S.S., 2 sailing vessels. (Note. U-101 was reported as repairing at Wilhelmshaven after this cruise, having been depth-charged by a U.S. T.B.D.) |
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*13th May - 9th June 1918. From Bight via Fair Island to Channel approach, back round Muckle Flugga to Bight. Claimed 17,000 tons sinkings. The German Admiralty advertised as an instance of the humanity of their U-boat commanders the leaving of a boat to the wounded crew of the trawler ST. JOHN, which was sunk on the 3rd June. |
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*? 18th July - 13th August 1918. Northabout to S.W. of Ireland, abandoned operation owing to defects. Sank 1 S.S., 1 sailing vessel. Returned northabout and by Sound. |
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*5th October - 30th October 1918. Northabout by Kattegat to Channel approach, back northabout. Reported enemy submarines in Skagerrak on the way out. Claimed 21,000 tons. |
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*20th November 1918. Surrendered at Harwich. |
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Note: S.S. = Steam Ship; S.V. = Sailing Vessel; northabout, Muckle Flugga, Fair I. = around Scotland; Sound, Belts, Kattegat = via North of Denmark to/from German Baltic ports; Bight = to/from German North Sea ports; success = sinking of ships |
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== See also == |
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*[[List of U-boats]] |
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*[[Room 40]] |
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== Notes == |
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==Bibliography== |
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*{{cite book |title=Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten. 5 Vols |last=Spindler |first=Arno |year=1932,1933,1934,1941/1964,1966|publisher= Mittler & Sohn. Vols. 4+5, dealing with 1917+18, are very hard to find: [[Guildhall Library]], London, has them all, also Vol. 1-3 in an English translation: ''The submarine war against commerce''|location=Berlin }} |
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|last1=Gröner |
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*{{cite book |title=Room 40: British Naval Intelligence 1914-1918|last=Beesly |first=Patrick |year=1982 |publisher= H Hamilton |location=London |isbn=978-0241108642 }} |
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|first1=Erich |
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*{{cite book |title=A Naval History of World War I|last=Halpern |first=Paul G. |year=1944 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-1857284980 }} |
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|last2=Jung |
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*{{cite book |title=Die Unterseeboote der Kaiserlichen Marine |last=Roessler |first=Eberhard |year=1997 |publisher= Bernard & Graefe |location=Bonn |isbn=978-3763759637 }} |
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|first2=Dieter |
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*{{cite book |title=Die U-Boote des Kaisers |last=Schroeder |first=Joachim |year=2002 |publisher= Bernard & Graefe |location=Bonn |isbn=978-3763762354 }} |
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|last3=Maass |
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*{{cite book |title=Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914-1918. Vol I., The Fleet in Action|last=Koerver |first=Hans Joachim |year=2008 |publisher=LIS Reinisch |location=Steinbach |isbn=978-3-902433-76-3 }} |
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|first3=Martin |
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*{{cite book |title=Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914-1918. Vol II., The Fleet in Being|last=Koerver |first=Hans Joachim |year=2009 |publisher=LIS Reinisch |location=Steinbach |isbn=978-3-902433-77-0 }} |
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|translator-last1=Thomas |
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|translator-first1=Keith |
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|translator-last2=Magowan |
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|translator-first2=Rachel |
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|year=1991 |
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|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels |
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|volume=2 |
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|series=German Warships 1815–1945 |
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|location=London |
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|publisher=Conway Maritime Press |
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|isbn=0-85177-593-4 |
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==External links== |
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{{use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} |
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*[http://www.u54.suedholland-ferienhaus.de/html/s_m__u_54.html Photos of cruises of German submarine U-54 in 1916-1918.] |
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*[http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/269/see-the-film-the_enchanted_circle A 44 min. German film from 1917 about a cruise of the German submarine U-35.] |
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*[http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=101 Uboat.net:] More detailed information about U-101. |
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*[http://germannavalwarfare.info/indexbr.htm Room 40:] original documents, photos and maps about WWI German submarine warfare and British [[Room 40]] Intelligence from [[The National Archives]], Kew, Richmond, UK. |
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Latest revision as of 10:34, 1 June 2024
History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | U-101 |
Ordered | 15 September 1915 |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number | 252 |
Laid down | 30 November 1915 |
Launched | 1 April 1917 |
Commissioned | 15 May 1917 |
Fate | Surrendered 21 November 1918 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | German Type U 57 submarine |
Displacement | |
Length |
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Beam |
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Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.65 m (12 ft) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 4 officers, 32 enlisted |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: |
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Commanders: | |
Operations: | 8 patrols |
Victories: |
SM U-101 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-101 was engaged in the German campaign against Allied commerce (Handelskrieg) during that conflict.[5] On 26 November 1917, U-101 torpedoed and damaged RFA Crenella,[6] which managed to return to port with assistance from USS Cushing.[7]
Summary of raiding history
[edit]Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 1] | Fate[8] |
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6 August 1917 | Rosemount | United Kingdom | 3,044 | Sunk |
26 September 1917 | Jacqueline | France | 2,899 | Sunk |
9 October 1917 | Nervier | Belgium | 1,759 | Sunk |
26 November 1917 | RFA Crenella | Royal Navy | 7,035 | Damaged |
27 November 1917 | Notre Dame De Rostrenen | France | 186 | Sunk |
19 January 1918 | St. Clair | United Kingdom | 621 | Damaged |
1 February 1918 | Kindly Light | United Kingdom | 116 | Sunk |
2 February 1918 | Marie Magdeleine | France | 115 | Sunk |
2 February 1918 | Sofie | United Kingdom | 354 | Sunk |
3 February 1918 | Nikolaos | Kingdom of Italy | 3,561 | Damaged |
5 February 1918 | Mexico City | United Kingdom | 5,078 | Sunk |
20 March 1918 | Glenford | United Kingdom | 494 | Sunk |
22 March 1918 | Trinidad | United Kingdom | 2,592 | Sunk |
23 March 1918 | Jane Gray | United Kingdom | 124 | Sunk |
24 March 1918 | John G. Walter | United Kingdom | 258 | Sunk |
27 March 1918 | Allendale | United Kingdom | 2,153 | Sunk |
30 March 1918 | Lough Fisher | United Kingdom | 418 | Sunk |
2 April 1918 | Solway Queen | United Kingdom | 307 | Sunk |
14 May 1918 | Embla | Denmark | 157 | Sunk |
26 May 1918 | Princess Royal | United Kingdom | 1,986 | Sunk |
27 May 1918 | Molière | France | 1,545 | Sunk |
28 May 1918 | Flora | France | 209 | Sunk |
29 May 1918 | Souvenir | Denmark | 549 | Sunk |
30 May 1918 | Waneta | United Kingdom | 1,683 | Sunk |
31 May 1918 | Pretty Polly | United Kingdom | 19 | Sunk |
3 June 1918 | HMT St. John’s | Royal Navy | 208 | Sunk |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 12–14.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Karl Koopmann". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg (Pour le Mérite)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Friedrich Ulrich". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 101". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "RFA Crenella". Royal Fleet Auxiliary Historical Society. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ^ "Cushing II DD-55". History Central. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U 101". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.