SM U110

History
German Empire
Name:	U-110
Ordered:	5 May 1916
Builder:	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number:	279
Launched:	28 July 1917
Commissioned:	25 September 1917
Fate:	15 March 1918, sunk by British destroyers
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type U 93 submarine
Displacement:	798 t (785 long tons) surfaced 1,000 t (980 long tons) submerged
Length:	71.55 m (234 ft 9 in) (o/a) 56.05 m (183 ft 11 in) (pressure hull)
Beam:	6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) (o/a) 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) (pressure hull)
Height:	8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught:	3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power:	2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers
Speed:	16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph) surfaced 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged
Range:	9,280 nmi (17,190 km; 10,680 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement:	4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament:	6 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern) 12-16 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 deck gun 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun
Service record
Part of:	Imperial German Navy: IV Flotilla 22 December 1917 – 15 March 1918
Commanders:	Kptlt. Otto von Schubert 22 November – 10 December 1917 K.Kapt. Carl Albrecht Kroll 12 December 1917 – 15 March 1918
Operations:	3 patrols
Victories:	10 merchant ship sunk (26,963 GRT)

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.

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.

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 / 55.067°N 8.100°W / 55.067; -8.100Coordinates: 55°4′N 8°6′W / 55.067°N 8.100°W / 55.067; -8.100

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