SM U-45
Introduction '''SM ''U-45''''' was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-45 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. ''U-45'' was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of the Shetland Islands () by the Royal Navy submarine  on 12 September 1917 with the loss of 43 of her 45 crewmen.
Summary of raiding history DateNameNationalityTonnageFate27 April 1916''Industry''4,044Sunk30 April 1916''Vinifreda''1,441Sunk2 May 1916''Le Pilier''2,427Sunk2 May 1916''Maud''120Sunk5 July 1916''Geertruida''140Sunk28 September 1916''Fuchsia''145Sunk21 January 1917''Gladys''275Sunk21 January 1917''Lucy''280Sunk21 January 1917''Star of the Sea''197Sunk26 January 1917''Tabasco''2,987Sunk2 February 1917''Garnet Hill''2,272Sunk3 February 1917''Belford''1,905Sunk3 February 1917''Eavestone''1,858Sunk4 February 1917''Eridania''3,171Sunk4 February 1917''Thor II''2,144Sunk10 February 1917''Ostrich''148Sunk28 April 1917''Olga''1,672Sunk3 May 1917''Palm Branch''3,891Damaged3 May 1917''Truvor''2,462Sunk11 May 1917''Hermes''3,579Sunk19 May 1917''Elise''137Sunk1 July 1917''Eclipse''185Sunk15 July 1917''Mariston''2,908Sunk16 July 1917''Ribston''3,372Sunk17 July 1917''Haworth''4,456Sunk20 July 1917''Nevisbrook''3,140Sunk21 July 1917''Dafila''1,754Sunk24 July 1917''Zateja''67Sunk
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