SM U-111
SM U-111 at sea, 1919 | |
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U-111 |
| Ordered | 5 May 1916 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number | 280 |
| Launched | 5 September 1917 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1917 |
| Fate | Surrendered to Great Britain 20 November 1918, transferred to the United States Navy 25 March 1919 |
| United States | |
| Name | U-111 |
| Acquired | 3 April 1919 |
| Fate | Sunk by USS Falcon 31 August 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type U 93 submarine |
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| Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.76 m (12 ft 4 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers |
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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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| Operations: | 4 patrols |
| Victories: |
3 merchant ships sunk (3,011 GRT) |
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| Operations: | Victory Liberty Loan, comparison and operational tests |
SM U-111 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Completed at Kiel early in January 1918, she went to the Kiel School for shakedown and training until March, when she joined IV Flotilla. She was monitored continuously by British Naval Intelligence (Room 40), on which her movement reports are based. All her operations took place in 1918.