WWI U-boats

UB 26

Type UB II
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 240)
Ordered 30 Apr 1915
Laid down 30 Jun 1915
Launched 14 Dec 1915
Commissioned 27 Dec 1915
Commanders
7 Jan 1916 - 5 Apr 1916 Oblt. Wilhelm Smiths
Career 2 patrols
21 Mar 1916 - 5 Apr 1916 Flandern Flotilla
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 5 Apr 1916 - Entangled in nets from the French destroyer Trombe, she had to surface and scuttled in Le Havre Roads. 21 survivors (No casualties).

The wreck was raised, repaired and commission by the French on August 3, 1916 as the Roland Morillot.


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