SM U-24

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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 Template:GRT 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

Date	Name	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate
26 October 1914	Amiral Ganteaume	Template:Flagcountry	4,590	Damaged
1 January 1915		Template:Navy/core	15,000	Sunk
2 April 1915	Lochwood	Template:Flagcountry	2,042	Sunk
4 April 1915	City of Bremen	Template:Flagcountry	1,258	Sunk
10 April 1915	The President	Template:Flagcountry	647	Sunk
11 April 1915	Frederic Franck	Template:Flagcountry	973	Damaged
27 June 1915	Edith	Template:Flagcountry	97	Sunk
27 June 1915	Indrani	Template:Flagcountry	3,640	Sunk
27 June 1915	Lucena	Template:Flagcountry	243	Sunk
28 June 1915	Dumfriesshire	Template:Flagcountry	2,622	Sunk
28 June 1915		Template:Flagcountry	8,825	Sunk
30 June 1915	Scottish Monarch	Template:Flagcountry	5,043	Sunk
30 June 1915	Thistlebank	Template:Flagcountry	2,411	Sunk
1 July 1915	L. C. Tower	Template:Flagcountry	518	Sunk
1 July 1915	Sardomene	Template:Flagcountry	2,000	Sunk
1 July 1915	Welbury	Template:Flagcountry	3,591	Sunk
6 July 1915	Ellen	Template:Flagcountry	169	Sunk
7 August 1915	Geiranger	Template:Flagcountry	1,081	Sunk
12 August 1915	Osprey	Template:Flagcountry	310	Sunk
13 August 1915	Cairo	Template:Flagcountry	1,671	Sunk
19 August 1915		Template:Flagcountry	15,801	Sunk
19 August 1915	Dunsley	Template:Flagcountry	4,930	Sunk
19 August 1915	New York City	Template:Flagcountry	2,970	Sunk
19 August 1915	St. Olaf	Template:Flagcountry	277	Sunk
24 August 1915	Sinsen	Template:Flagcountry	1,925	Captured as prize
25 December 1915	Van Stirum	Template:Flagcountry	3,284	Sunk
26 December 1915	Cottingham	Template:Flagcountry	513	Sunk
26 December 1915	Ministre Bernaert	Template:Flagcountry	4,215	Sunk
28 December 1915	Huronian	Template:Flagcountry	8,755	Damaged
28 December 1915	El Zorro	Template:Flagcountry	5,989	Sunk
11 July 1916	HMT Nellie Nutten	Template:Navy/core	174	Sunk
30 October 1916	Nellie Bruce	Template:Flagcountry	192	Sunk
10 December 1916	Agder	Template:Flagcountry	305	Sunk
21 March 1917	Stanley	Template:Flagcountry	3,987	Sunk
22 March 1917	Svendsholm	Template:Flagcountry	1,998	Sunk
27 March 1917	Glenogle	Template:Flagcountry	7,682	Sunk
28 March 1917	Cannizaro	Template:Flagcountry	6,133	Sunk
18 June 1917	Elele	Template:Flagcountry	6,557	Sunk
18 June 1917	English Monarch	Template:Flagcountry	4,947	Sunk