WWI U-boats

U 96

 

Type

U 93

Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel  (Werk 260)
Ordered 15 Sep 1915 Laid down 12 Jan 1916 
Launched 15 Feb 1917 Commissioned 11 Apr 1917 
Commanders
11 Apr 1917 - 31 Aug 1918  Kptlt. Heinrich Jeß
Career 9 patrols
24 May 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla
Successes31 ships sunk with a total of 95,253 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 16,220 tons. 
Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20.  

See the 34 ships hit by U 96


There was another U 96 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Aug 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 14 Sep 1940. Take a look at the U 96 from WWII.

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