WWI U-boats

U 94

Type U 93
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 258)
Ordered 15 Sep 1915
Laid down 25 Mar 1916
Launched 5 Jan 1917
Commissioned 3 Mar 1917
Commanders
3 Mar 1917 - 24 Mar 1918 Kptlt. Alfred Saalwächter (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
25 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Oblt. Martin Schwab
Career 13 patrols
20 Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla
Successes20 ships sunk with a total of 60,631 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 19,326 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 1,250 tons. (View ships hit by U 94)
Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20.

There was another U 94 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 Jun 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 10 Aug 1940. Take a look at U 94 from WWII.


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