WWI U-boats

U 40

Type U 31
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 200)
Ordered 12 Jun 1912
Laid down 3 Apr 1913
Launched 22 Oct 1914
Commissioned 14 Feb 1915
Commanders
14 Feb 1915 - 23 Jun 1915 Kptlt. Gerhardt Fürbringer
Career 1 patrol
unknown start - 23 Jun 1915 II Flotilla
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 23 Jun 1915 - Torpedoed by HM Sub C24 in connection with decoy trawler Taranaki at 57°00’N, 1°50’W. 29 dead and 3 survivors.

There was another U 40 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 9 Nov 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 11 Feb 1939. Take a look at U 40 from WWII.


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