German submarine U-105 (1940)

	U-110, a U-boat of the same type as U-105
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-105
Ordered	24 May 1938
Builder	DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number	968
Laid down	16 November 1939
Launched	15 June 1940
Commissioned	10 September 1940
Homeport	Lorient, France
Fate	Sunk on 2 June 1943 near Dakar by French Potez-CAMS 141 flying boat Antarès. 53 dead (all hands lost)
General characteristics
Class and type	German Type IXB submarine
Displacement	1,051 t (1,034 long tons) surfaced; 1,178 t (1,159 long tons) submerged;
Length	76.50 m (251 ft) o/a; 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull;
Beam	6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a; 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull;
Draught	4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
Speed	18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) surfaced; 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged;
Range	12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced; 64 nmi (119 km; 74 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged;
Armament	6 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern); 22 × torpedoes or 44 TMA mines; 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds); 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 AA gun; 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns;
Service record
Part of:	2nd U-boat Flotilla; 10 September 1940 – 2 June 1943;
Identification codes:	M 22 946
Commanders:	Kptlt. Georg Schewe; 10 September 1940 – 6 January 1942; K.Kapt. Heinrich Schuch; 7 January – 30 September 1942; Oblt.z.S. Hans-Adolf Schweichel; 1 – 29 October 1942; Kptlt. Jürgen Nissen; 29 October 1942 – 2 June 1943;
Operations:	9 patrols:; 1st patrol:; 24 December 1940 – 31 January 1941; 2nd patrol:; 22 February – 13 June 1941; 3rd patrol:; 3 August – 20 September 1941; 4th patrol:; 8 November – 13 December 1941; 5th patrol:; 25 January – 8 February 1942; 6th patrol:; 25 February – 15 April 1942; 7th patrol:; a. 7 – 12 June 1942; b. 28 – 30 June 1942; 8th patrol:; 23 November 1942 – 14 February 1943; 9th patrol:; 16 March – 2 June 1943;
Victories:	22 merchant ships sunk ; (123,924 GRT); 1 warship sunk ; (1,546 tons);

German submarine U-105 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was ordered on 24 May 1938 as part of Germany's naval rearmament program. Her keel was laid down in Bremen on 16 November 1938. After roughly seven months of construction, she was launched on 15 June 1940 and formally commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 10 September 1940.

During her three-year career, U-105 sank 23 vessels for a total loss of 123,924 gross register tons (GRT) and 1,546 tons before being sunk by the Free French Forces off the coast of Dakar (Senegal) on 2 June 1943.

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