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German Empire | |
Name | U-90 |
Ordered | 23 June 1915 |
Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
Yard number | 34 |
Laid down | 29 December 1915 |
Launched | 12 January 1917 |
Commissioned | 2 August 1917 |
Fate | Surrendered 20 November 1918; foundered in tow 1919 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type U 87 submarine |
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Height | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 3.88 m (12 ft 9 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) propellers |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 32 enlisted |
Armament |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | 7 patrols |
Victories: |
SM U-90 was a Type U-87 U-boat of the Imperial German Navy during World War I.[5] Its commander Walter Remy made regular stops at remote island North Rona for provisions such as fresh mutton. On 15 May 1918, U-90 shelled the Hirta wireless station in St Kilda, Scotland. On 31 May 1918, U-90 torpedoed and sank USS President Lincoln, a former Hamburg America Line steamer that had been seized by the United States for troop transportation. From the U.S. Navy crew that abandoned the sinking vessel, U-90 captured Lieutenant Edouard Izac, eventually taking him to Germany. Izac later escaped German captivity and reported to the US Navy about German submarine movements.
U-90 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 20 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany, and later laid up at Pembroke. She was to be loaned to Belgium, and was en route there in tow from Pembroke when she foundered off the Isle of Wight on 29 November 1919.[6]