WWI U-boats

UC 11

 

Type

UC I

Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen  (Werk 225)
Ordered 23 Nov 1914 Laid down 26 Jan 1915 
Launched 11 Apr 1915 Commissioned 23 Apr 1915 
Commanders
23 Apr 1915 - 11 Aug 1916   Walter Gottfried Schmidt
12 Aug 1916 - 20 Aug 1916  Oblt. Reinhold Saltzwedel
21 Aug 1916 - 1 Dec 1916   Max Schmitz
2 Dec 1916 - 29 Jun 1917   Benno von Ditfurth
30 Jun 1917 - 19 Jul 1917   Georg Niemeyer
20 Jul 1917 - 5 Aug 1917   Benno von Ditfurth
6 Aug 1917 - 16 Nov 1917   Karl Dobberstein
17 Nov 1917 - 10 Feb 1918   Ferdinand Schwartz
11 Feb 1918 - 4 Apr 1918   Reinhold Thomsen
5 Apr 1918 - 16 Jun 1918   Werner Lange
17 Jun 1918 - 26 Jun 1918   Kurt Utke
Career 83 patrols
26 May 1915 - 17 Oct 1915 Flandern Flotilla
17 Oct 1915 - 11 Aug 1916 training Flotilla
11 Aug 1916 - 26 Jun 1918 Flandern/Flandern I Flotilla
Successes27 ships sunk for a total of 33,708 tons.
1 ship damaged for a total of 378 tons.
1 warship damaged for a total of 865 tons. 
Fate 26 Jun 1918 - Hit a mine while submerged and blew up in Strait of Dover at 51.55N 01.41E. 18 dead and 1 survivor 

See the 29 ships hit by UC 11


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