WWI U-boats

UB 10

 

Type

UB I

Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen  (Werk 219)
Ordered 15 Oct 1914 Laid down 7 Nov 1914 
Launched 20 Feb 1915 Commissioned 15 Mar 1915 
Commanders
15 Mar 1915 - 12 Jan 1916  Ltn. Otto Steinbrinck
13 Jan 1916 - 18 Jun 1916  Oblt. Reinhold Saltzwedel
19 Jun 1916 - 11 Sep 1916   Gustav Buch
12 Sep 1916 - 13 Nov 1916   Wilhelm Amberger
14 Nov 1916 - 7 Jan 1917   Erich von Rohrscheidt
8 Jan 1917 - 12 Feb 1917   Ulrich Pilzecker
13 Feb 1917 - 2 Mar 1917   Matthias Graf von Schmettow
3 Mar 1917 - 31 May 1917   Erich von Rohrscheidt
1 Jun 1917 - 6 Jul 1917   Georg Reimarus
7 Jul 1917 - 7 Sep 1917   Fritz Gregor
8 Sep 1917 - 16 Oct 1917   Helmut Lorenz
17 Oct 1917 - 27 Oct 1917   Erich Stephan
28 Oct 1917 - 7 Nov 1917   Cassius von Montigny
8 Nov 1917 - 29 Jan 1918   Erich Stephan
30 Jan 1918 - 27 Feb 1918   Fritz von Twardowski
28 Feb 1918 - 17 May 1918   Hans Joachim Emsmann
18 May 1918 - 5 Oct 1918   Willy Stüben
Career 115 patrols
27 Mar 1915 - 5 Oct 1918 Flandern Flotilla
Successes36 ships sunk for a total of 22,604 tons.
1 warship sunk for a total of 1,010 tons. 
Fate 5 Oct 1918 - Scuttled and sunk off the Flanders coast in position 51.21N, 03.12E during the German evacuation of Belgium. .  

See the 37 ships hit by UB 10


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