WWI U-boats

UC 62

Type UC II
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 260)
Ordered 12 Jan 1916
Laid down 3 Apr 1916
Launched 9 Dec 1916
Commissioned 8 Jan 1917
Commanders
8 Jan 1917 - 14 Oct 1917 Oblt. Max Schmitz
Career 9 patrols
26 Mar 1917 - 14 Oct 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes11 ships sunk with a total of 16,735 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 3,057 tons. (View ships hit by UC 62)
Fate 14 Oct 1917 - Mined on the Thorton bank near Zeebrugge in October 1917. 30 dead (all hands lost).

The wreck of UC 62 has been identified by markings on both propellers. Her loss had previously been presumed to have been by mine off Portland.


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