SM U-24
Introduction '''SM ''U-24''''' was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was engaged in commerce warfare during the First Battle of the Atlantic.In seven patrols, ''U-24'' sank a total of 33 merchant ships and 1 auxiliary warship totalling  and one warship for 15,000 tons, damaged three merchant ships for 14,318 GRT, and took one merchant ship as prize of 1,925 GRT.Her second kill was the most significant. The victim was , torpedoed  south of Lyme Regis, at . She was hit in the number one boiler room on the port side. Out of a crew of approximately 711 men, 547 died as a result. This was one of the largest ships sunk by U-boats during the war.In 1915, ''U-24'' claimed another noted victim, the passenger steamer , causing 44 deaths, including three Americans. ''Arabic'' sank in 10 minutes. This escalated the U-boat fear in the U.S. and caused a diplomatic incident which resulted in the suspension of torpedoing non-military ships without notice.
Summary of raiding history DateNameNationalityTonnageFate26 October 1914''Amiral Ganteaume''4,590Damaged1 January 191515,000Sunk2 April 1915''Lochwood''2,042Sunk4 April 1915''City of Bremen''1,258Sunk10 April 1915''The President''647Sunk11 April 1915''Frederic Franck''973Damaged27 June 1915''Edith''97Sunk27 June 1915''Indrani''3,640Sunk27 June 1915''Lucena''243Sunk28 June 1915''Dumfriesshire''2,622Sunk28 June 19158,825Sunk30 June 1915''Scottish Monarch''5,043Sunk30 June 1915''Thistlebank''2,411Sunk1 July 1915''L. C. Tower''518Sunk1 July 1915''Sardomene''2,000Sunk1 July 1915''Welbury''3,591Sunk6 July 1915''Ellen''169Sunk7 August 1915''Geiranger''1,081Sunk12 August 1915''Osprey''310Sunk13 August 1915''Cairo''1,671Sunk19 August 191515,801Sunk19 August 1915''Dunsley''4,930Sunk19 August 1915''New York City''2,970Sunk19 August 1915''St. Olaf''277Sunk24 August 1915''Sinsen''1,925Captured as prize25 December 1915''Van Stirum''3,284Sunk26 December 1915''Cottingham''513Sunk26 December 1915''Ministre Bernaert''4,215Sunk28 December 1915''Huronian''8,755Damaged28 December 1915''El Zorro''5,989Sunk11 July 1916HMT ''Nellie Nutten''174Sunk30 October 1916''Nellie Bruce''192Sunk10 December 1916''Agder''305Sunk21 March 1917''Stanley''3,987Sunk22 March 1917''Svendsholm''1,998Sunk27 March 1917''Glenogle''7,682Sunk28 March 1917''Cannizaro''6,133Sunk18 June 1917''Elele''6,557Sunk18 June 1917''English Monarch''4,947Sunk
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