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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment

SM U-75



   SM U-75

Type UE 1 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 57) Ordered 9 Mar 1915 Launched 30 Jan 1916 Commissioned 26 Mar 1916

Commanders.
26 Mar 1916 - 1 May 1917 Curt Beitzen.
2 May 1917 - 13 Dec 1917 Fritz Schmolling

Career 7 patrols.
29 Jun 1916 - 13 Dec 1917 I Flotilla

Successes 11 ships sunk with a total of 18,347 tons.
2 ships damaged with a total of 4,192 tons.
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,700 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 10,850 tons.

  • 5 Jun 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Hampshire 10,850 br
  • 22 Jun 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Laurel Crown 81 br
  • 7 Aug 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen John High 228 br
  • 12 Aug 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Kovda 1,125 ru
  • 20 Sep 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Etton 2,831 br
  • 16 Nov 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Fenja 433 da
  • 22 Nov 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Reserv (prize) 1,700 sw
  • 23 Nov 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Arthur 1,435 sw
  • 9 Apr 1917 U 75 Curt Beitzen Ganslei 1,273 ru
  • 15 Apr 1917 U 75 Curt Beitzen Arctic Prince (damaged) 194 br
  • 10 Aug 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling Solglimt 1,037 nw
  • 16 Aug 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling Palatine 2,110 br
  • 3 Sep 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling Treverbyn 4,163 br
  • 22 Nov 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling King Idwal 3,631 br
  • 10 Dec 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling Aureole (damaged) 3,998 br

Fate 13 Dec 1917 - Struck a mine off Terschelling . 23 dead, unknown number of survivors.

There was another U 75 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 Oct 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Dec 1940.

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