SM U-106

History
German Empire
Name	U-106
Ordered	5 May 1916
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	275
Launched	12 June 1917
Commissioned	28 July 1917
Fate	Sunk by mines 7 October 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	German Type U 93 submarine
Displacement	798 t (785 long tons) surfaced; 1,000 t (980 long tons) submerged;
Length	71.55 m (234 ft 9 in) (o/a); 56.05 m (183 ft 11 in) (pressure hull);
Beam	6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) (o/a); 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) (pressure hull);
Height	8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2 × 2,400 PS (1,765 kW; 2,367 shp) surfaced; 2 × 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 shp) submerged;
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 × 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) propellers
Speed	16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph) surfaced; 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h; 9.7 mph) submerged;
Range	9,280 nmi (17,190 km; 10,680 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced; 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged;
Test depth	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement	4 officers, 32 enlisted
Armament	6 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern); 12-16 torpedoes; 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 deck gun; 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 deck gun;
Service record
Part of:	IV Flotilla; 2 September – 7 October 1917;
Commanders:	Kptlt. Hans Hufnagel; 28 July – 7 October 1917;
Operations:	1 patrol
Victories:	1 warship sunk ; (957 tons); 1 merchant ship damaged ; (5,867 GRT);

SM U-106 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-106 was commissioned on 28 July 1917, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Hufnagel, and participated in one wartime patrol starting on 2 September 1917. On 18 September 1917, during the First Battle of the Atlantic, U-106 was credited with the sinking of HMS Contest, an Acasta class destroyer, and damaging "City of Lincoln", a 5,867 GRT steamer, in the Western Approaches. She was lost off Terschelling after striking a mine on 7 October 1917.

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