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SM U-77 10th March 1916   SM U-77 Type UE 1 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 59) Ordered 9 Mar 1915 Launched 9 Jan 1916 Commissioned 10 Mar 1916 Commanders. 10 Mar 1916 - 7 Jul 1916 Erich Günzel Career 2 patrols. 29 Jun 1916 - 7 Jul 1916 I Flotilla Successes No successes. Fate 7 Jul 1916 - Lost after this date while on a mission to lay mines off Kinnaird Head, Scotland. 33 dead (all hands lost). U 77 got at least some of her mines out before her loss. Previously recorded fate. Lost in a minehandling accident off Dunbar, Scotland. The wreck at that location is undoubtedly that of U 74. There was another U 77 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 23 Nov 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 18 Jan 1941. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-77? There are:0 items tagged SM U-77 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-77 during the Great War 1914-1918.