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SM U-96 11th April 1917   SM U-96 Type U 93 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 260) Ordered 15 Sep 1915 Laid down 12 Jan 1916 Launched 15 Feb 1917 Commissioned 11 Apr 1917 Commanders. 11 Apr 1917 - 31 Aug 1918 Heinrich Jeß Career 9 patrols. 24 May 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla Successes 31 ships sunk with a total of 95,253 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 16,220 tons. 2 Jun 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Shamrock 170 br 2 Jun 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß St. Bernard 186 br 8 Jun 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Orator 3,563 br 9 Jun 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Baron Cawdor 4,316 br 14 Jul 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Emanuel 203 da 21 Jul 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Paddington 5,084 br 23 Jul 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Radioleine (damaged) 4,029 fr 29 Jul 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Anitra 593 nw 1 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Carrabin 2,739 br 3 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Hurst 4,718 br 4 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Rupee 39 br 4 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Young Clifford 47 br 6 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Bedale 2,116 br 8 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Greldon 3,322 br 8 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Memphian 6,305 br 9 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Champagne 5,360 br 9 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Peshawur 7,634 br 23 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß La Blanca 7,479 br 24 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Sabia 2,807 br 26 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Drot 2,923 nw 28 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Agenoria (damaged) 2,977 br 28 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Apapa 7,832 br 30 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Derbent 3,178 br 20 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Custodian (damaged) 9,214 br 25 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Destro 859 br 28 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Inkosi 3,661 br 30 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Geraldine 61 br 30 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß St. Michan 43 br 31 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Conargo 4,312 br 27 May 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Michiel Taal Johsz 86 nl 5 Jun 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Polwell 2,013 br 9 Jun 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Vandalia 7,333 br 4 Aug 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Reinhard 239 ru 7 Aug 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Highland Harris 6,032 br Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20. There was another U 96 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Aug 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 14 Sep 1940. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-96? There are:0 items tagged SM U-96 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-96 during the Great War 1914-1918.