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SM U-90    SM U-90 was a Type U 87 built at the Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, in Danzig (Werk 34). Ordered 23 Jun 1915. Laid down 29 Dec 1915. Launched 12 Jan 1917. Commissioned 2 Aug 1917. Commanders. 2 Aug 1917 - 31 Jul 1918 Walter Remy. 1 Aug 1918 - 31 Aug 1918 Oblt. Helmut Patzig. 1 Sep 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Heinrich Jeß She had a career of seven patrols. 10 Sep 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 with III Flotilla Successes were 30 ships sunk with a total of 74,175 tons and 2 ships damaged with a total of 8,594 tons. 25 Sep 1917 Union Republicaine 44 fr 27 Sep 1917 Deux Jeannes 50 fr 27 Sep 1917 Liberte 49 fr 27 Sep 1917 Peuples Freres 41 fr 30 Sep 1917 Drake 2,267 br 30 Sep 1917 Heron 885 br 1 Oct 1917 Neuilly 2,186 fr 3 Oct 1917 Jeannette 226 fr 20 Nov 1917 Robert Morris 146 br 21 Nov 1917 Aros Castle 4,460 br 22 Jan 1918 Corton (damaged) 3,405 br 22 Jan 1918 Victor De Chavarri 2,957 sp 24 Jan 1918 Charles 78 br 25 Jan 1918 Normandy 618 br 26 Jan 1918 Union 677 fr 30 Jan 1918 Lindeskov 1,254 da 31 Jan 1918 Martin Gust 248 ru 1 Feb 1918 Arrino 4,484 br 16 Mar 1918 Oilfield 4,000 br 28 Mar 1918 City Of Winchester 114 br 8 Apr 1918 Superb 489 nw 29 May 1918 Begum 4,646 br 29 May 1918 Carlton 5,265 br 31 May 1918 President Lincoln 18,168 am 15 Aug 1918 Montanan 6,659 am 15 Aug 1918 J. M. J. 54 fr 16 Aug 1918 West Bridge (d.) 5,189 am 17 Aug 1918 Escrick 4,151 br 17 Aug 1918 Joseph Cudahy 3,302 am 24 Aug 1918 Graciosa 2,276 pt 14 Oct 1918 Dundalk 794 br 16 Oct 1918 Pentwyn 3,587 br On 20 Nov 1918 she was surrendered and was broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20. There was another U 90 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 25 Oct 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 20 Dec 1941. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-90? There are:0 items tagged SM U-90 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-90 during the Great War 1914-1918.