WWI U-boats

UB 43

Type UB II
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 245)
Ordered 31 Jul 1915
Laid down 3 Sep 1915
Launched 8 Apr 1916
Commissioned 24 Apr 1916
Commanders
24 Apr 1916 - 28 Aug 1916 Oblt. Dietrich Niebuhr (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
29 Aug 1916 - 8 Apr 1917 Kptlt. Hans von Mellenthin (Pour le Mérite)
9 Apr 1917 - 15 Jul 1917 Oblt. Horst Obermüller (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career 10 patrols
24 Apr 1916 - 15 Jul 1917 Pola Flotilla
Successes22 ships sunk with a total of 99,176 tons.
1 warship damaged with a total of 7,350 tons. (View ships hit by UB 43)
Fate 6 Nov 1918 - Surrendered at Venice. Broken up there in 1919..

Served as the Austro-Hungarian U-boat U43 from 30 July, 1917.


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