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SM U-71 20th December 1915   SM U-71 Type UE 1 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 55) Ordered 6 Jan 1915 Launched 31 Oct 1915 Commissioned 20 Dec 1915 Commanders. 20 Dec 1915 - 19 Apr 1917 Hugo Schmidt. 20 Apr 1917 - 27 Nov 1917 Walter Gude. 28 Nov 1917 - 27 Jan 1918 Otto Dröscher. 28 Jan 1918 - 29 Jul 1918 Oblt. Richard Scheurlen. 30 Jul 1918 - 14 Oct 1918 Oblt. Kurt Slevogt Career 12 patrols. 7 Apr 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 I Flotilla Successes 18 ships sunk with a total of 15,273 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 3,230 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 82 tons. 3 warships sunk with a total of 3,481 tons. 1 warship damaged with a total of 820 tons. 18 Oct 1916 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Greta 1,370 sw 19 Oct 1916 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Mercur 711 sw 19 Oct 1916 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Normandie 1,342 sw 21 Oct 1916 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Rönnaug 1,331 nw 13 Dec 1916 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Solon 137 da 17 Dec 1916 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Sjofna 528 nw 18 Dec 1916 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Herø 1,106 nw 18 Dec 1916 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Sieka 119 nl 19 Feb 1917 U 71 Hugo Schmidt Halcyon 190 br 4 Jun 1917 U 71 Walter Gude Orion 1,870 da 5 Jun 1917 U 71 Walter Gude C. Thorén 269 sw 5 Jun 1917 U 71 Walter Gude Götha 232 sw 20 Jul 1917 U 71 Walter Gude Sirra 223 nl 26 Jul 1917 U 71 Walter Gude Flore 3,553 fr 26 Jul 1917 U 71 Walter Gude Ethelwynne (damaged) 3,230 br 14 Aug 1917 U 71 Walter Gude Majorka 1,684 nw 31 Aug 1917 U 71 Walter Gude Taurus 128 br 20 Oct 1917 U 71 Walter Gude Thomas Stratten 309 br 12 Dec 1917 U 71 Otto Dröscher Amadavat 171 br 31 Dec 1917 U 71 Otto Dröscher De Hoop (prize) 82 nl 1 May 1918 U 71 Richard Scheurlen Blackmorevale 750 br 15 Aug 1918 U 71 Richard Scheurlen Scott 1,801 br 15 Aug 1918 U 71 Richard Scheurlen Ulleswater 930 br 20 Aug 1918 U 71 Richard Scheurlen Shirley (damaged) 820 br Fate 23 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921. There was another U 71 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 31 Oct 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 14 Dec 1940. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-71? There are:0 items tagged SM U-71 available in our Library   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-71 during the Great War 1914-1918.