SM U-110

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-110.

History
German Empire
NameU-110
Ordered5 May 1916
BuilderGermaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number279
Launched28 July 1917
Commissioned25 September 1917
Fate15 March 1918, sunk by British destroyers
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeType U 93 submarine
Displacement
  • 798 t (785 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,000 t (980 long tons) submerged
Length
Beam
  • 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) (o/a)
  • 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) (pressure hull)
Height8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced
  • 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers
Speed
  • 16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph) surfaced
  • 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged
Range
  • 9,280 nmi (17,190 km; 10,680 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • IV Flotilla
  • 22 December 1917 – 15 March 1918
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Otto von Schubert[2]
  • 22 November – 10 December 1917
  • K.Kapt. Carl Albrecht Kroll[3]
  • 12 December 1917 – 15 March 1918
Operations: 3 patrols
Victories:
  • 9 merchant ships sunk
    (25,772 GRT)
  • 1 auxiliary warship sunk
    (1,191 GRT)
U-110, with four bow torpedo tubes and a hydroplane visible on the port side

SM U-110 was a Type U 93 U-boat of the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was ordered on 5 May 1916 and launched on 28 July 1917. She was commissioned on 25 September 1917 as SM U-110.[Note 1] and assigned to IV Flotilla of the High Seas Fleet, based on the German North Sea coast.[4]

  1. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 12–14.
  2. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Otto von Schubert". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Carl Albrecht Kroll". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ^ Tarrant p56


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