Name U-61 Laid down 22 June 1915 Class and type Type U 57 submarine Launched 22 July 1916 Builder AG Weser | Ordered 6 October 1914 Commissioned 2 December 1916 Construction started 22 June 1915 Draft 3.79 m | |
Fate sunk in a depth charge attack by PC51 at coordinates on 26 March 1918. 36 dead (all hands lost). | ||
SM U-61 was a German Type U 57 U-boat commissioned and deployed to operate off the coast of the British Isles and attack coastal shipping as part of the U-boat Campaign during World War I.
In a 15-month career spanning nine war patrols, U-61 plagued allied shipping in the Atlantic Ocean during the German war on Allied trade (Handelskrieg). She sank 32 Allied ships, totalling 80,799 gross register tons (GRT). She also damaged nine ships of 25,498 t (25,095 long tons), including the US Navy destroyer USS Cassin before fleeing the fight. She went missing some time after March 23, 1918.
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