SM U 106

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SM U 106 was a submarine of the Imperial Navy during the First World War. U 106 led by a company in the eastern North Atlantic. Here, a warship was sunk and a merchant ship damaged.

Use

U 106 was given on 5 May 1916 in order, expired on June 12, 1917 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel on stack and was put into service on 28 July 1917. As of early September 1917, the boat of the IV U- Flotilla in Emden and Borkum was assigned. First and only commander was Lieutenant Hans Hufnagel.

U 106 ran out of Emden on September 8, 1917. The intended route was to the Shetland Islands by in the North Channel of the Irish Sea. During this patrol, U 106 sank on 18 September 1917 British destroyer HMS Contest with 957 GRT and damaged the British cargo ship SS City of Lincoln ( 5867 BRT). At the demise of the contest, 35 people lost their lives. 60 survivors were picked up by the City of Lincoln.

Whereabouts

On October 7, 1917 106 two radio commands were issued to U, which were "not understood " each acknowledged. Content of the radio commands was a new meeting place, because at Terschelling a new British mine network had been discovered. However, the output of the mine-free passage seconded escort and Minenräumschiffe that should take U 106 in reception, waited in vain. The October 7, 1917 is considered as the last contact date. The day of the woodwork is specified between the 7th and the 9th October 1917 the situation in the near Terschelling and as a reason the sinking of mines.

In October 2009, a survey ship of the Dutch Navy pinpointed about 40 nautical miles north of Terschelling a wreck. First, there was hope, to have since June 18, 1940 Found Missing Dutch submarine O -13. In December 2009, were made with an underwater camera shots of the wreck in 40 meters depth. In February 2010, followed by further investigations and succeeded in divers to retrieve an air tank of 300 cm length and 44 cm in diameter. At the salvaged steel cylinder has a brass plaque was exposed with serial numbers, which allowed the unambiguous identification of U 106. After German authorities had completed the search for possible survivors, the information was released for publication. The wreck of U 106 is to remain in place and has been declared a military cemetery.