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HMAT A26 Armadale    SM U-60 was a Type U 57 built by A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 215). Ordered 6 Oct 1914, Laid down 22 Jun 1915, Launched 5 Jul 1916 and Commissioned 1 Nov 1916. Commanders. 1 Nov 1916 - 31 Oct 1917 Karlgeorg Schuster. 1 Nov 1917 - 20 Nov 1917 Karl (i.V.) Jasper. 21 Nov 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Franz Grünert Career 10 patrols. 13 Jan 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla Successes 52 ships sunk with a total of 107,940 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 7,447 tons. 4 Feb 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Ghazee 5,084 br 5 Feb 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Lux 2,621 br 5 Feb 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Warley Pickering 4,196 br 7 Feb 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Storskog 2,191 nw 14 Feb 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Hopemoor 3,740 br 17 Feb 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Dalbeattie 1,327 nw 17 Feb 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Iolo 3,840 br 21 Feb 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Tecwyn 132 br 29 Mar 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Os 637 nw 4 Apr 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Domingo 2,131 it 6 Apr 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Marion 1,587 nw 7 Apr 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Salmo 1,721 br 16 Apr 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Queen Mary 5,658 br 19 Apr 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Howth Head 4,440 br 20 Apr 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Torr Head 5,911 br 23 Apr 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Svanen 1,807 da 10 Jun 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Clan Alpine 3,587 br 17 Jun 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Nostra Madre 649 it 19 Jun 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Brookby 3,679 br 27 Jun 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Armadale 6,153 br 29 Jul 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Cesarevitch Alexei 2,387 ru 30 Jul 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Canis 526 nw 9 Aug 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Agne 1,010 sw 9 Aug 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Export 2,712 ru 22 Sep 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Mascotte 199 fr 23 Sep 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Gloire 51 fr 23 Sep 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Henry Lippitt 895 am 23 Sep 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Jeune Mathilde 58 fr 25 Sep 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Edouard Detaille 2,185 fr 29 Sep 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Bon Premier 1,352 fr 29 Sep 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Eugenie Fautrel 2,212 fr 29 Sep 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Percy B. 330 br 1 Oct 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Saint Pierre 277 fr 2 Oct 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Eugene Louise (damaged) 283 fr 3 Oct 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Saint Antoine 217 fr 3 Oct 1917 U 60 Karlgeorg Schuster Stella 219 fr 11 Dec 1917 U 60 Franz Grünert Bard 709 nw 12 Dec 1917 U 60 Franz Grünert St. Croix 2,530 nw 19 Dec 1917 U 60 Franz Grünert Ingrid Ii 1,145 nw 22 Dec 1917 U 60 Franz Grünert Hunsbrook (damaged) 4,463 br 21 Feb 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Hugin 1,667 sw 25 Feb 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Apollo 242 da 3 Mar 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Northfield 2,099 br 4 Mar 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Quarnero 3,237 it 28 Apr 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Poitiers 2,045 fr 28 Apr 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Rimfakse 1,119 nw 29 Apr 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Saint Chamond 2,866 fr 2 May 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Girdleness 3,018 br 4 May 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Polbrae 1,087 br 5 Jul 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Vera Elizabeth 180 br 13 Jul 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Plawsworth 4,724 br 17 Jul 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Harlseywood (damaged) 2,701 br 17 Jul 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Saint Georges 633 fr 20 Jul 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Gemini 2,128 br 20 Jul 1918 U 60 Franz Grünert Orfordness 2,790 br Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Ran aground on the English East coast on the way to be broken up in 1921. There was another U 60 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Jun 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 22 Jul 1939. John Doran 27th June 1917 Australian Troop Transports   HMAT A26 Armadale Pictured at Port Melbourne in February 1915 from: AWM P05194.001. The HMAT A26 Armadale weighed 6,153 tons with an average cruise speed of 11 knots or 20.37 kmph. It was owned by the Australind SS Co, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 7 June 1917. The Armadale was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine off coast of Ireland, 27 June 1917. John Doran If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about HMAT A26 Armadale? There are:2 articles tagged HMAT A26 Armadale available in our Library   These include information on officers service records, letters, diaries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. 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