WWI U-boats

UB 49

 

Type

UB III

Shipyard Blohm & Voss, Hamburg  (Werk 294)
Ordered 20 May 1916 Laid down  
Launched 6 Jan 1917 Commissioned 28 Jun 1917 
Commanders
28 Jun 1917 - 12 Jun 1918   Hans von Mellenthin
13 Jun 1918 - 29 Nov 1918   Adolf Ehrensberger
Career 8 patrols
9 Sep 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla
Successes41 ships sunk for a total of 73,011 tons.
6 ships damaged for a total of 31,405 tons. 
Fate 16 Jan 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Swansea, England in 1922..  

See the 47 ships hit by UB 49


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