Name U-102 Laid down 12 August 1916 Construction started 12 August 1916 Draft 3.65 m | Ordered 15 September 1915 Commissioned 18 June 1917 Launched 12 May 1917 Builder AG Weser | |
Fate Sunk by mine, 30 September 1918 Class and type German Type U 57 submarine | ||
SM U-102 or SM Unterseeboot 102 was a German Type U 57 submarine used by the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-102 was launched on 12 May 1917. She was commissioned to the Imperial Navy on 18 June 1917.
Service history
Serving with II Flotilla the U-boat carried out seven war patrols and sank four ships for a total of 9,140 gross register tons (GRT), and damaged another of 10,757 GRT tons (Virginian).
About 28 to 30 September 1918 U-102 struck a mine in the North Sea Mine Barrage, east of the Orkney Islands while on her way to home. All of her 42 crew members' lives were claimed by the U-boat's sinking. The wreck of U-102 was located by a sonar sweep in 2006. Information to confirm the identification was obtained by divers in 2007.
References
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