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SM U-75    SM U-75 Type UE 1 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 57) Ordered 9 Mar 1915 Launched 30 Jan 1916 Commissioned 26 Mar 1916 Commanders. 26 Mar 1916 - 1 May 1917 Curt Beitzen. 2 May 1917 - 13 Dec 1917 Fritz Schmolling Career 7 patrols. 29 Jun 1916 - 13 Dec 1917 I Flotilla Successes 11 ships sunk with a total of 18,347 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 4,192 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,700 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 10,850 tons. 5 Jun 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Hampshire 10,850 br 22 Jun 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Laurel Crown 81 br 7 Aug 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen John High 228 br 12 Aug 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Kovda 1,125 ru 20 Sep 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Etton 2,831 br 16 Nov 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Fenja 433 da 22 Nov 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Reserv (prize) 1,700 sw 23 Nov 1916 U 75 Curt Beitzen Arthur 1,435 sw 9 Apr 1917 U 75 Curt Beitzen Ganslei 1,273 ru 15 Apr 1917 U 75 Curt Beitzen Arctic Prince (damaged) 194 br 10 Aug 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling Solglimt 1,037 nw 16 Aug 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling Palatine 2,110 br 3 Sep 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling Treverbyn 4,163 br 22 Nov 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling King Idwal 3,631 br 10 Dec 1917 U 75 Fritz Schmolling Aureole (damaged) 3,998 br Fate 13 Dec 1917 - Struck a mine off Terschelling . 23 dead, unknown number of survivors. There was another U 75 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 Oct 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Dec 1940. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-75? There are:0 items tagged SM U-75 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-75 during the Great War 1914-1918.