WWI U-boats
U 87
Type | U 87 | ||||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 31) | ||||||
Ordered | 23 Jun 1915 | ||||||
Laid down | 28 Oct 1915 | ||||||
Launched | 22 May 1916 | ||||||
Commissioned | 26 Feb 1917 | ||||||
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Career | 5 patrols | ||||||
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Successes | 22 ships sunk with a total of 59,828 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 7,638 tons. (View ships hit by U 87) | ||||||
Fate | 25 Dec 1917 - Rammed, shelled, and depth charged by the patrol vessel P 56 in the Irish Sea. 43 dead (all hands lost). |
There was another U 87 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Jun 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Aug 1941. Take a look at U 87 from WWII.