WWI U-boats

UC 16

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 266)
Ordered 29 Aug 1915
Launched 1 Feb 1916
Commissioned 18 Jun 1916
Commanders
26 Jun 1916 - 22 Apr 1917 Oblt. Egon von Werner (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
15 Jul 1917 - 4 Oct 1917 Oblt. Georg Reimarus
Career 13 patrols
11 Sep 1916 - 4 Oct 1917 Flandern/Flandern I Flotilla
Successes43 ships sunk with a total of 43,914 tons.
6 ships damaged with a total of 24,884 tons. (View ships hit by UC 16)
Fate 4 Oct 1917 - Presumed mined off Zeebrugge in October 1917. 29 dead (all hands lost).

The body of UC 16’s watch officer washed ashore at Norwik, Holland on October 26, 1917.


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