June 1916 On this day:    SM U-55 was a Type U 51 u-boat, built at Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 237). Ordered 23 Aug 1914, Laid down 28 Dec 1914, Launched 18 Mar 1916 and Commissioned 8 Jun 1916 Her Commanders were: 9 Jun 1916 - 9 Aug 1918 Wilhelm Werner. 10 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Alexander Weiß . 15 Sep 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Oblt. Hans Friedrich Her career consisted of 14 patrols between the 29th of July 1916 and 11th of Nov 1918 with II Flotilla. Successes included, 64 ships sunk with a total of 133,742 tons, 7 ships damaged with a total of 26,161 tons and 2 ships taken as prize with a total of 3,466 tons. 28 Sep 1916 Orsino 172 br 30 Sep 1916 Atle (prize) 1,725 sw 30 Sep 1916 Talavera (prize) 1,741 sw 24 Oct 1916 Clearfield 4,229 br 28 Oct 1916 Marina 5,204 br 22 Jan 1917 Ethel 23 br 23 Jan 1917 Eden 142 ru 23 Jan 1917 Salland 3,657 nl 27 Jan 1917 Artist 3,570 br 30 Jan 1917 Euonymus 60 br 30 Jan 1917 Helena And Samuel 59 br 30 Jan 1917 Marcelle 219 be 30 Jan 1917 Merit 39 br 30 Jan 1917 Trevone 46 br 30 Jan 1917 W.A.H. 47 br 30 Jan 1917 Wetherill 46 br 31 Jan 1917 Dundee 2,290 ca 31 Jan 1917 Saint Leon 230 fr 31 Jan 1917 Yvonne 87 fr 1 Feb 1917 Ada 24 br 1 Feb 1917 Essonite 589 br 1 Feb 1917 Inverlyon 59 br 2 Feb 1917 Pomoschnick 167 ru 6 Feb 1917 Saxon Briton 1,337 br 7 Feb 1917 Yola 3,504 br 4 Apr 1917 H. B. Linnemann (damaged) 444 da 5 Apr 1917 Vilja 1,049 nw 6 Apr 1917 Vine Branch 3,442 br 8 Apr 1917 Petridge 1,712 br 8 Apr 1917 Torrington 5,597 br 8 Apr 1917 Umvoti 2,616 br 12 Apr 1917 Toro 3,066 br 15 Apr 1917 Astræa 260 da 17 Apr 1917 Cairnhill 4,981 br 8 Jun 1917 Russian Prince (damaged) 4,158 br 9 Jun 1917 Achilles 641 br 11 Jun 1917 Ausonia (damaged) 8,153 br 12 Jun 1917 Coronado (damaged) 6,539 br 23 Jun 1917 Sophie 89 da 23 Jun 1917 Star 120 da 31 Jul 1917 Belgian Prince 4,765 br 6 Aug 1917 Eugenia 4,835 it 9 Aug 1917 Oakfield (damaged) 3,618 br 12 Aug 1917 Falkland 4,877 nw 17 Aug 1917 Edina 455 br 18 Aug 1917 Benjamin Stevenson 255 br 4 Jan 1918 Rewa 7,305 br 5 Jan 1918 War Baron 6,240 br 9 Jan 1918 Ula 839 nw 16 Jan 1918 Genevieve 1,598 fr 20 Jan 1918 Hirondell 28 fr 21 Jan 1918 Maria Caterina 71 nl 26 Feb 1918 Eumaeus 6,696 br 26 Feb 1918 Mouche 65 fr 1 Mar 1918 Borga 1,046 br 7 Mar 1918 Brise 160 fr 7 Mar 1918 Saint Georges 102 fr 7 Mar 1918 Saint Joseph 434 fr 8 Mar 1918 Madeline 2,890 br 10 Mar 1918 Cristina 2,083 sp 15 May 1918 War Grange (damaged) 3,100 br 16 May 1918 Tagona 2,004 ca 17 May 1918 Motricine 4,047 fr 18 May 1918 Denbigh Hall 4,943 br 18 May 1918 Scholar 1,635 br 16 Jul 1918 Miefield 1,368 nw 17 Jul 1918 Carpathia 13,603 br 23 Jul 1918 Anna Sofie 2,577 br 31 Jul 1918 Zwaantje Cornelia (damaged) 149 nl 1 Oct 1918 Montfort 6,578 br 2 Oct 1918 Keltier 2,360 be 4 Oct 1918 Uranus 350 ru 10 Oct 1918 Andre 160 fr On the 26th of November 1918 U55 surrendered to Japan. The u-boat was taken in japanese service and renamed the O3 in 1920. She was dismantled at Sasebo Navy Yard between March and June 1921. There was another U 55 in World War Two, launched from its shipyard on 19 Oct 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 21 Nov 1939. John Doran U-Boat Index - WW1  Gun Positions  Reorganisation  Divisional Exercise Cavalry and Aircraft  Travelling across France  Move  Troop Ship Sunk  Rumours Abound  Training  Reliefs Completed  Relief  New Squadron formed  On the Move  Instruction  Orders issued  Trench Work    Shelling  Light Training  Holding the Line  Bombardment  Artillery Active  Exercise  Railway Sap Shelled  Training  Quiet  Training  Defence Work  On the March  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Training  Training  Arras Shelled  At Rest  On the Move  Move  Usual day in billets.  Wet Weather    Preparations  Usual sniping carried out throughout the day & night.  Training and Drill  Another quiet day  Orders  Outpost furnished  A Raid  Course of Instruction Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? Do you have a copy of an official war diary entry? Details of an an incident? The loss of a ship? A letter, postcard, photo or any other interesting snipts? If your information relates only to an individual, eg. enlistment, award of a medal or death, please use this form: Add a story.

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