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SM U-79
SM U-79
was a
Type UE 1 u-boat built at
Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 61),
ordered 9 Mar 1915,
launched 9 Apr 1916 and commissioned 25 May 1916
Commanders.
25 May 1916 - 20 Feb 1917 Heinrich Jeß.
21 Feb 1917 - 26 Oct 1917 Otto Rohrbeck.
27 Oct 1917 - 23 Nov 1917 Otto Dröscher.
24 Nov 1917 - 15 Apr 1918 Karl Thouret.
16 Apr 1918 - 17 Aug 1918 Oblt. Rudolf (i.V.) Zentner.
18 Aug 1918 - 26 Aug 1918 Oblt. Martin Hoffmann.
27 Aug 1918 - 15 Sep 1918 Ltn. Rudolf (i.V.) Haagen.
16 Sep 1918 - 14 Oct 1918 Woldemar Petri.
15 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Oblt. Kurt Slevogt
U-79 had a career of 11 patrols from
30 Jul 1916 to 11 Nov 1918 with I Flotilla
Successes 22 ships sunk with a total of 34,479 tons.
2 ships damaged with a total of 7,474 tons.
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,125 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 14,300 tons.
1 warship damaged with a total of 790 tons.
- 14 Sep 1916 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Counsellor 4,958 br
- 26 Dec 1916 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Johan 828 da
- 27 Dec 1916 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Copsewood 599 br
- 27 Dec 1916 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Ida 1,300 nw
- 30 Dec 1916 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Danmark 1,875 da
- 1 Jan 1917 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Laupar 1,407 nw
- 2 Jan 1917 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Older 2,256 nw
- 3 Jan 1917 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Angela 2,422 it
- 3 Jan 1917 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Valladares 124 pt
- 4 Jan 1917 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Chinto Maru 2,592 jp
- 10 Jan 1917 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Brookwood 3,093 br
- 24 Jan 1917 U 79 Heinrich Jeß Nanna (prize) 1,125 nw
- 14 Jun 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Carthaginian 4,444 br
- 22 Jun 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Maggie 1,118 nw
- 23 Jun 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Corientes 280 br
- 26 Jun 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Charles Astie 295 br
- 26 Jun 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Serapis 1,932 br
- 30 Jun 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Bröderna 39 sw
- 30 Jun 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Lancaster 77 sw
- 30 Jun 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Preceptor 55 sw
- 13 Aug 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Camito (damaged) 6,611 br
- 2 Oct 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck HMS Brisk (damaged) 790 br
- 2 Oct 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck HMS Drake 14,300 br
- 2 Oct 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Lugano 3,810 br
- 23 Oct 1917 U 79 Otto Rohrbeck Earl Lennox 226 br
- 12 Jan 1918 U 79 Karl Thouret Caledonia (damaged) 863 nl
- 15 Jan 1918 U 79 Karl Thouret Westpolder 749
On 21 Nov 1918 U79 was surrendered to Franc and became the French submarine Victor Reveille until being broken up in 1935.
There was another U 79 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 25 Jan 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 13 Mar 1941.
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