German submarine U-108 (1940)

U-108 in Germany, winter 1940-1941, the man in white cap is korvetten-captain Klaus Scholtz
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-108
Ordered	24 May 1938
Builder	DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number	971
Laid down	27 December 1938
Launched	15 July 1940
Commissioned	22 October 1940
Homeport	Lorient, France
Fate	Sunk, 11 April 1944[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Type IXB U-boat
Displacement	1,051 t (1,034 long tons) surfaced 1,178 t (1,159 long tons) submerged
Length	76.50 m (251 ft) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
Installed power	4,400 PS (3,200 kW; 4,300 bhp) (diesels) 1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged
Range	12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 64 nmi (119 km; 74 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft)
Complement	48 to 56 officers and ratings
Armament	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds) 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 AA gun 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Service record
Part of:	2nd U-boat Flotilla 22 October 1940 – 31 August 1943 8th U-boat Flotilla 1 September 1943 – 11 April 1944
Identification codes:	M 27 968
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Klaus Scholtz 22 October 1940 – 14 October 1942 Oblt.z.S. Erich Hilsenitz October 1942 (in representation) K.Kapt. Ralf-Reimar Wolfram 15 October 1942 – 16 October 1943 Oblt.z.S. Matthias Brünig 17 October 1943 – 11 April 1944
Operations:	11 patrols: 1st patrol: 15 February – 12 March 1941 2nd patrol: 3 April – 2 May 1941 3rd patrol: 25 May – 7 July 1941 4th patrol: 19 August – 21 October 1941 5th patrol: 9 – 25 December 1941 6th patrol: 8 January – 4 March 1942 7th patrol: 30 March – 1 June 1942 8th patrol: 13 July – 10 September 1942 9th patrol: 25 October – 26 November 1942 10th patrol: 20 January – 24 February 1943 11th patrol: 1 April – 16 May 1943
Victories:	25 merchant ships sunk (118,722 GRT) 1 auxiliary warship sunk (16,644 GRT)

German submarine U-108 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. She was laid down at DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen as yard number 971 on 27 December 1938, launched on 15 July 1940 and commissioned on 22 October under Korvettenkapitän Klaus Scholtz.

Her service career began with training as part of the 2nd U-boat Flotilla; she went on to operations, first with the second flotilla, then with the 8th U-boat Flotilla.