Name U-110 Yard number 279 Launched 28 July 1917 | Ordered 5 May 1916 Commissioned 25 September 1917 Draft 3.9 m | |
Fate 15 March 1918, sunk by British destroyers Builder Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | ||
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 into the German Imperial Navy on 25 September 1917 as SM U-110. and assigned to IV Flotilla of the High Seas Fleet based on the German North Sea coast.
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Service History
U-110 made three wartime patrols, and sank 10 ships, totalling 26,963 gross register tons (GRT). Her first success was the British Q ship Penshurst, with which she fought an engagement on 24 December 1917. Penshurst sank shortly after.
Fate
U 110 was sunk on 15 March 1918 north-west of Malin Head. She was found and depth-charged by British destroyers Michael and Moresby. 39 men were lost. 55°4′N 8°6′W
In September, 1918 she was raised and taken to Swan Hunter's dry dock for restoration. At the conclusion of hostilities restoration was halted and she was sold for scrap.