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SM U-10



30th June 1916   SM U-10

Type U 9 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 5) Ordered 15 Jul 1908 Launched 24 Jan 1911 Commissioned 31 Aug 1911
Commanders.
1 Aug 1914 - 30 Jun 1916 Fritz Stuhr

Career 6 patrols 1 Aug 1914 - 7 Jul 1915 I Flotilla 7 Jul 1915 - 30 Jun 1916 Baltic Flotilla

Successes 7 ships sunk with a total of 1,651 tons.

  • 31 Mar 1915 U 10 Fritz Stuhr Nor 544 Norway
  • 1 Apr 1915 U 10 Fritz Stuhr Gloxinia 145 British
  • 1 Apr 1915 U 10 Fritz Stuhr Jason 176 British
  • 1 Apr 1915 U 10 Fritz Stuhr Nellie 109 British
  • 5 Apr 1915 U 10 Fritz Stuhr Acantha 322 British
  • 28 Apr 1915 U 10 Fritz Stuhr LILYDALE 129 British
  • 6 Nov 1915 U 10 Fritz Stuhr Birgit 226 Finland

Fate 30 Jun 1916 - Probably mined in Gulf of Finland. 29 dead (all hands lost).

There was another U 10 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 13 Aug 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 9 Sep 1935.

15th July 1917   SM U-101

Type U 57 Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 252) Ordered 15 Sep 1915 Laid down 30 Nov 1915 Launched 1 Apr 1917 Commissioned 15 May 1917

Commanders.
15 May 1917 - 19 Dec 1917 Karl Koopmann.
20 Dec 1917 - 17 Jun 1918 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg.
18 Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Friedrich Ulrich

Career 8 patrols.
10 Jul 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla

Successes 23 ships sunk with a total of 26,253 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 11,217 tons.

  • 6 Aug 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Rosemount 3,044 br
  • 26 Sep 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Jacqueline 2,899 fr
  • 9 Oct 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Nervier 1,759 be
  • 26 Nov 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Crenella (damaged) 7,035 br
  • 27 Nov 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Notre Dame De Rostrenen 186 fr
  • 19 Jan 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg St. Clair (damaged) 621 br
  • 1 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Kindly Light 116 br
  • 2 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Marie Magdeleine 115 fr
  • 2 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Sofie 354 br
  • 3 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Nikolaos (damaged) 3,561 it
  • 5 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Mexico City 5,078 br
  • 20 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Glenford 494 br
  • 22 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Trinidad 2,592 br
  • 23 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Jane Gray 124 br
  • 24 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg John G. Walter 258 br
  • 27 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Allendale 2,153 br
  • 30 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Lough Fisher 418 br
  • 2 Apr 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Solway Queen 307 br
  • 14 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Embla 157 da
  • 26 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Princess Royal 1,986 br
  • 27 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Moliere 1,545 fr
  • 28 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Flora 209 fr
  • 29 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Souvenir 549 da
  • 30 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Waneta 1,683 br
  • 31 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Pretty Polly 19 br
  • 3 Jun 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg St. John’s 208 br

Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Morecambre beginning in June 1920.

There was another U 101 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 13 Jan 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 11 Mar 1940.

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