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SM U-31
13th January 1915 SM U-31Type U 31 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 191) Ordered 29 Mar 1912 Laid down 12 Oct 1912 Launched 7 Jan 1914 Commissioned 18 Sep 1914.
Commanders.
1 Aug 1914 - 13 Jan 1915 Oblt. Siegfried WachendorffCareer 1 patrols.
start date unknown - 13 Jan 1915 IV FlotillaSuccesses No successes.
Fate 13 Jan 1915 - Final fate unknown. Possibly mined off the East coast of the UK. 31 dead (all hands lost).
There was a wartime rumour that the British had found this boat on the surface with the all the crew dead (from gas poisoning) and then towed the boat to a British base. This rumour is not true.
There was another U 31 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 25 Sep 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 28 Dec 1936.If you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War.
Those known to have served on
SM U-31
during the Great War 1914-1918.