WWI U-boats
U 102
| Type | U 57 | ||||||
| Shipyard | A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 253) | ||||||
| Ordered | 15 Sep 1915 | ||||||
| Laid down | 12 Aug 1916 | ||||||
| Launched | 12 May 1917 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 18 Jun 1917 | ||||||
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| Career | 7 patrols | ||||||
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk with a total of 9,340 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 10,757 tons. (View ships hit by U 102) | ||||||
| Fate | 30 Sep 1918 - Mined in the Northern Barrage east of the Orkney Islands while homebound about September 28 to 30, 1918.. 42 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||
The wreck of U 102 was located by a sonar sweep in 2006. Information to confirm the identification was obtained by divers in 2007.
There was another U 102 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Mar 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 27 Apr 1940. Take a look at U 102 from WWII.