SM U-105
SM U-105 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.
U-105 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. After the war she was ceded to France, where the unit served as Jean Autric until being scrapped in 1938.
On 17 October 1917, SM U-105 met, an American troop transport, during the return leg of a voyage to Europe. Antilles was torpedoed by the submerged U-boat and went down just five minutes after being hit. A total of 67 persons were killed in the sinking, making the destruction of Antilles the event costing the single greatest number of American lives in the war to that date.
Design
Type U 93 submarines were preceded by the shorter Type U 87 submarines. U-105 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of, a pressure hull length of, a beam of, a height of, and a draught of. The submarine was powered by two engines for use while surfaced, and two engines for use while submerged. The boat had two propeller shafts and two propellers. She was capable of operating at depths of up to.The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of. When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at. U-105 was fitted with six torpedo tubes, twelve to sixteen torpedoes, one SK L/45, and one SK L/30 deck gun. She had a complement of thirty-six.