WWI U-boats

UB 20

Type UB II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 250)
Ordered 30 Apr 1915
Launched 26 Sep 1915
Commissioned 8 Feb 1916
Commanders
10 Feb 1916 - 31 Jan 1917 Oblt. Max Viebeg (Pour le Mérite)
1 Feb 1917 - 28 Jul 1917 Oblt. Hermann Glimpf
Career 15 patrols
12 Mar 1916 - 26 Mar 1917 Baltic Flotilla
26 Mar 1917 - 28 Jul 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes13 ships sunk with a total of 10,230 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 7,241 tons.
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,047 tons. (View ships hit by UB 20)
Fate 28 Jul 1917 - Hit a mine and sank with all hands while on a diving trial off Zeebrugge at 51°21’N, 02°38’E. 13 dead (all hands lost).

The wreck has been located and identified by local divers.


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