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| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 197) |
| Ordered | 12 Jun 1912 | Laid down | 2 Jan 1913 |
| Launched | 25 Aug 1914 | Commissioned | 9 Dec 1914 |
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| Career | 1 patrols |
start date unknown - 30 Apr 1915 II Flotilla
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk with a total of 2,811 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 3,459 tons. |
| Fate | 30 Apr 1915 - Mined while homebound near the Sandettie Bank (Straits of Dover area). Wreck located in recent years. Exact date of loss uncertain. 32 dead (all hands lost).
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| Suggestions that this wreck is U 31 are incorrect. U 31 was not assigned to operate near or through the Straits of Dover and was lost in any case before the Royal Navy laid mines near the Sandettie Bank. |
See the 3 ships hit by U 37
There was another U 37 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 14 May 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 4 Aug 1938. Take a look at the U 37 from WWII. |
