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SM U-87 26th February 1917   SM U-87 Type U 87 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 31) Ordered 23 Jun 1915 Laid down 28 Oct 1915 Launched 22 May 1916 Commissioned 26 Feb 1917 Commanders. 26 Feb 1917 - 13 Oct 1917 Rudolf Schneider. 13 Oct 1917 - 25 Dec 1917 Freiherr Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg Career 5 patrols. 24 Apr 1917 - 25 Dec 1917 III Flotilla Successes 22 ships sunk with a total of 59,828 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 7,638 tons. 23 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Bernisse (damaged) 951 nl 23 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Elve 962 nl 26 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Lucipara 1,943 ru 26 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Saint Mirren 1,956 br 30 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Bathurst 2,821 br 30 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Hanley 3,331 br 2 Jun 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Eliofilo 3,583 it 2 Jun 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Mississipi (damaged) 6,687 fr 4 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Loch Katrine 151 br 8 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Valetta 5,871 br 10 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Seang Choon 5,807 br 11 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Kioto 6,182 br 12 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Castleton 2,395 br 16 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Tamele 3,932 br 19 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Artensis 1,788 nw 21 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Coniston Water 3,738 br 19 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Eika Ii 1,268 nw 21 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Oslo 2,296 br 22 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Alexander Shukoff 1,652 da 27 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Anna 1,211 da 27 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Aurora 768 da 13 Dec 1917 U 87 Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg Little Gem 114 br 24 Dec 1917 U 87 Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg Daybreak 3,238 br 25 Dec 1917 U 87 Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg Agberi 4,821 br Fate 25 Dec 1917 - Rammed by HMS Buttercup and depth charged to be finally sunk by PC56 in the Irish Sea. 44 dead (all hands lost). There was another U 87 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Jun 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Aug 1941. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-87? There are:0 items tagged SM U-87 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-87 during the Great War 1914-1918.