SM U-105
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SM U-105[Note 1] was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-105 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. After the war she was ceded to France, where the unit served as Jean Autric until being scrapped in 1938.[3]
U-105 in Cherbourg around 1920 | |
History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | U-105 |
Ordered | 5 May 1916 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 274 |
Launched | 16 May 1917 |
Commissioned | 4 July 1917 |
Fate | Surrendered to France 20 November 1918 |
France | |
Name | Jean Autric |
Namesake | Jean Autric |
Acquired | 1918 |
Stricken | 27 January 1937 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1938 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type U 93 submarine |
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Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 4 officers, 32 enlisted |
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Service record | |
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Commanders: | |
Operations: | 6 patrols |
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On 17 October 1917, SM U-105 met Antilles, an American troop transport, during the return leg of a voyage to Europe.[4] Antilles was torpedoed by the submerged U-boat and went down just five minutes after being hit.[5] A total of 67 persons were killed in the sinking,[4] making the destruction of Antilles the event costing the single greatest number of American lives in the war to that date.[5]