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SM U-78 20th April 1916   SM U-78 Type UE 1 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 60) Ordered 9 Mar 1915 Launched 27 Feb 1916 Commissioned 20 Apr 1916 Commanders. 20 Apr 1916 - 15 Jan 1918 Otto Dröscher. 16 Jan 1918 - 31 Jan 1918 Karl Thouret. 1 Feb 1918 - 27 Feb 1918 Oblt. Johann Vollbrecht. 1 Mar 1918 - 26 Apr 1918 Karl Vesper. 27 Apr 1918 - 24 May 1918 Wilhelm Meyer. 25 May 1918 - 27 Oct 1918 Oblt. Johann Vollbrecht Career 12 patrols. 9 Jul 1916 - 27 Oct 1918 I Flotilla Successes 17 ships sunk with a total of 27,488 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 11,332 tons. 2 ships taken as prize with a total of 3,427 tons. 16 Jul 1916 U 78 Otto Dröscher Vidar (prize) 2,178 sw 5 Aug 1916 U 78 Otto Dröscher Aranda 1,838 nw 2 Sep 1916 U 78 Otto Dröscher Kelvinia 5,039 br 26 Sep 1916 U 78 Otto Dröscher Loch Shiel 216 br 21 Oct 1916 U 78 Otto Dröscher Atle Jarl (prize) 1,249 nw 16 Nov 1916 U 78 Otto Dröscher Vega 1,204 nw 13 Dec 1916 U 78 Otto Dröscher Kursk (damaged) 7,869 ru 7 Feb 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Väring 2,107 sw 13 Feb 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Barnsley 144 br 15 Feb 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Stralsund 510 nw 3 Mar 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Meldon 2,514 br 2 Apr 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Sagitta 1,981 nw 2 Apr 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Tithonus (damaged) 3,463 br 4 Apr 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Vladimir Reitz 2,128 da 5 Apr 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Bris 101 da 7 Apr 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Jason 810 br 13 Apr 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Strathcona 1,881 ca 14 Apr 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Andromache 313 br 19 Apr 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Lobelia 184 br 17 Jun 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Fornebo 4,259 br 13 Dec 1917 U 78 Otto Dröscher Arnewood 2,259 br Fate 27 Oct 1918 - Torpedoed by HM Sub G2 N of North Sea at 5602N 0508E. 40 dead (all hands lost). The commonly listed sinking date of October 28, 1918 is in error. There was another U 78 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 7 Dec 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 15 Feb 1941. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-78? There are:0 items tagged SM U-78 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-78 during the Great War 1914-1918.