WWI U-boats

U 24

Type U 23
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 178)
Ordered 18 Mar 1911
Laid down 5 Feb 1912
Launched 24 May 1913
Commissioned 6 Dec 1913
Commanders
6 Dec 1913 - 3 Jun 1916 Kptlt. Rudolf Schneider (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
4 Jun 1916 - 10 Jul 1917 Kptlt. Walter Remy (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
11 Jul 1917 - 1 Aug 1917 Kptlt. Otto von Schubert
Career 7 patrols
1 Aug 1914 - 11 Aug 1917 III Flotilla
24 Aug 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 training Flotilla
Successes34 ships sunk with a total of 106,122 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 14,318 tons.
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,925 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 15,000 tons. (View ships hit by U 24)
Fate 22 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Swansea in 1922.

On 26 October, 1914 this boat was the first to attack an unarmed merchant ship without warning. This was SS Admiral Ganteaume, which was torpedoed but was able to be towed to port.

There was another U 24 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 24 Sep 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 10 Oct 1936. Take a look at U 24 from WWII.


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