SM U-78
Date Name Nationality Tonnage Fate
16 July 1916 Vidar Sweden 2,178 Captured as a prize
5 August 1916 Aranda Norway 1,838 Sunk
2 September 1916 Kelvinia United Kingdom 5,039 Sunk
26 September 1916 HMT Loch Shiel Royal Navy 216 Sunk
21 October 1916 Atle Jarl Norway 1,249 Captured as a prize
16 November 1916 Vega Norway 1,204 Sunk
13 December 1916 Kursk Russian Empire 7,869 Damaged
7 February 1917 Väring Sweden 2,107 Sunk
13 February 1917 Barnsley United Kingdom 144 Sunk
15 February 1917 Stralsund Norway 510 Sunk
3 March 1917 Meldon United Kingdom 2,514 Sunk
2 April 1917 Sagitta Norway 1,981 Sunk
2 April 1917 HMS Tithonus Royal Navy 3,463 Damaged
4 April 1917 Vladimir Reitz Denmark 2,128 Sunk
5 April 1917 Bris Denmark 101 Sunk
7 April 1917 HMS Jason Royal Navy 810 Sunk
13 April 1917 Strathcona Canada 1,881 Sunk
14 April 1917 Andromache United Kingdom 313 Sunk
19 April 1917 HMT Lobelia Royal Navy 184 Sunk
17 June 1917 Fornebo United Kingdom 4,259 Sunk
Summary of raiding history
SM U-78 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.
U-78 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic as a minelayer. On 27 October 1918 low frequency communications from U-78 in the Skagerrak were detected by the British submarine which sank her with the loss of her crew of 40. The commonly listed sinking date of 28 October 1918 is in error. The wreck has been identified in April 2014.