WWI U-boats

U 13

Type U 13
ShipyardKaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 8)
Ordered 23 Feb 1909
Launched 16 Dec 1910
Commissioned 25 Apr 1912
Commanders
1 Aug 1914 - 12 Aug 1914 Kptlt. Hans Arthur Graf von Schweinitz und Krain
Career 1 patrol
1 Aug 1914 - 12 Aug 1914 II Flotilla
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 12 Aug 1914 - Sunk in the North Sea at an unknown time and location between August 6 and August 12, 1914 through accidental cause. 25 dead (all hands lost).

There was another U 13 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 9 Nov 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 30 Nov 1935. Take a look at U 13 from WWII.


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