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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
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UC 5
Type | UC I | ||||||
| Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 49) | ||||||
| Ordered | Laid down | ||||||
| Launched | 13 Jun 1915 | Commissioned | 19 Jun 1915 | ||||
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| Career | 29 patrols | ||||||
| 27 Jul 1915 - 27 Apr 1916 Flandern Flotilla |
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| Successes | 30 ships sunk for a total of 36,953 tons. 6 ships damaged for a total of 19,572 tons. 1 warship sunk for a total of 380 tons. | ||||||
| Fate | 27 Apr 1916 - Grounded on the Shipwash Shoal 5159N 0138E. Boat scuttled but charges failed to explode. | ||||||