WWI U-boats

U 41

Type U 31
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 201)
Ordered 12 Jun 1912
Laid down 22 Apr 1913
Launched 10 Oct 1914
Commissioned 1 Feb 1915
Commanders
1 Feb 1915 - 24 Sep 1915 Kptlt. Klaus Hansen
Career 4 patrols
unknown start - 24 Sep 1915 II Flotilla
Successes28 ships sunk with a total of 58,648 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 4,409 tons.
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 355 tons. (View ships hit by U 41)
Fate 24 Sep 1915 - Sunk by gunfire from Q-Ship Baralong in Western Approaches 49.10N 07.23W.. 35 dead and 2 survivors.

There was another U 41 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 28 Jan 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 22 Apr 1939. Take a look at U 41 from WWII.


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