SM ''U-115'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was a German Type U 115

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(''Projekt 43'') of the

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built at

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, Elbing. As her sister ship , she was never completed and ultimately broken up in Danzig after the

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. Her main engines were used in M/S ''Adolf Sommerfeld'' ex . Both boats had been offered to the IGN free of charge by Schichau in an attempt to gain experience in building submarines. When construction of the two boats began to lag behind due to shortages in raw materials and lack of experience in submarine construction, they were declared "war boats" (''Kriegsboote''), formally ordered by the ''Reichsmarineamt'' and given their respective designation. Though 14 more boats of the class were ordered on 29 June 1918 for delivery in 1919, on 20 October 1918, Schichau-Werke reported ''U 115'' would not be ready for delivery until the spring of 1919.Eberhard Rössler, ''Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften'', Vol. I. pp. 69–71. None of the 16 planned units would be complete before the end of the war.

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;Notes ; Citations ;Bibliography * * *R.H. Gibson, Maurice Prendergast, ''The German Submarine War 1914–1918'', Periscope Publishing Ltd., 2002, , p. 114 *Eberhard Rössler, ''The U-boat: the evolution and technical history of German submarines'', Naval Institute Press, 1981, , p. 56 *Eberhard Rössler, "Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften'', Vol. I. *Stefan Lipsky, Florian Lipsky, ''Deutsche U-Boote: hundert Jahre Technik und Entwicklung'', Mittler, 2006, , p. 85 World War I submarines of Germany Ships built in Elbing Type U 115 submarines Ships built by Schichau 1918 ships {{Germany-submarine-stub