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SM U-81 22nd August 1916   SM U-81 Type U 81 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 251) Ordered 23 Jun 1915 Laid down 31 Aug 1915 Launched 24 Jun 1916 Commissioned 22 Aug 1916 Commanders. 22 Aug 1916 - 1 May 1917 Raimund Weisbach Career 4 patrols. 18 Oct 1916 - 1 May 1917 IV Flotilla Successes 30 ships sunk with a total of 88,483 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 3,481 tons. 1 Dec 1916 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Douglas 1,177 sw 19 Dec 1916 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Nystrand 1,397 nw 2 Feb 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Songdal 2,090 nw 3 Feb 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Port Adelaide 8,181 br 4 Feb 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Maria 992 it 5 Feb 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Wartenfels 4,511 br 7 Feb 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Gravina 1,242 br 8 Feb 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Mantola 8,253 br 10 Feb 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Netherlee 4,227 br 12 Feb 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Hugo Hamilton 2,577 sw 10 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Algol 988 nw 10 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Skreien 415 nw 13 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Coronda 2,733 br 14 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Paignton 2,017 br 18 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Pola 3,061 br 18 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Trevose 3,112 br 19 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Alnwick Castle 5,900 br 19 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Frinton 4,194 br 22 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Attika 2,306 nw 25 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach C. Sundt 1,105 nw 25 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Garant 735 nw 25 Mar 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Laly 1,880 nw 24 Apr 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Amulree 1,145 br 25 Apr 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Glenesk 1,369 nw 25 Apr 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Heathfield 1,643 br 25 Apr 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Invermay 1,471 br 27 Apr 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Uranus 3,978 it 28 Apr 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Jose De Larrinaga 5,017 br 28 Apr 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Terence 4,309 br 30 Apr 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Elisabeth (damaged) 217 da 1 May 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach Dorie (damaged) 3,264 br 1 May 1917 U 81 Raimund Weisbach San Urbano 6,458 br Fate 1 May 1917 - Torpedoed West of Ireland at 51.33N, 13.38W by HM Sub E54. 24 dead, unknown number of survivors. There was another U 81 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Feb 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 26 Apr 1941. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-81? There are:0 items tagged SM U-81 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-81 during the Great War 1914-1918.