U-boat Fates 1914-1918

This is the new foundation page for the WWI U-boat fates (losses in action, surrenders etc.).

U-boat Losses in action 1914-1918

This page shows all the U-boat losses during the war.

Surrendered boats

Lots of U-boats were surrendered after the end of hostilities on - we'll cover them at a later date.

Interned boats

View the boats that were interned for one reason or the other during the war.

Scuttled boats

View the boats that were scuttled by the German or Austro-Hungarian navies.

U-boats handed over to Japan

Map of losses:

Positions of all U-boats lost before November 11, 1918 (Day of Armistice):

Map shows losses between latitude 35N and 70N.

U 28 at 72N in the Arctic and UB 68 at 33.56N in the southern Mediterranean are omitted from this map showing 133 boats' positions.