SM U-26
Introduction '''SM ''U-26''''' was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. ''U-26'' was engaged in the submarine war in the Baltic Sea. On 11 October 1914, she sank the cruiser , inflicting the first loss of the war on the Russian Navy.
Fate The boat did not return from sea in August 1915, and is assumed to have struck a mine off the coast of Finland, being lost with its entire crew of 30.
Wreck discovered The boat was found in the western Gulf of Finland as reported by the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat in May 2014.
Summary of raiding history DateNameNationalityTonnageFate11 October 1914''Pallada''7,775Sunk23 April 1915''Fråck''849Sunk4 June 1915''Yenisei''3,600Sunk25 August 1915''Petshora''1,982Sunk30 August 1915''Zemlya''869Sunk
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