WWI U-boats

UB 34

Type UB II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 258)
Ordered 22 Jul 1915
Launched 28 Dec 1915
Commissioned 17 May 1916
Commanders
10 Jun 1916 - 16 Mar 1917 Oblt. Theodor Schultz
17 Mar 1917 - 31 Aug 1917 Oblt. Ludwig Schaafhausen
1 Sep 1917 - 30 Mar 1918 Oblt. Hellmuth von Ruckteschell (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
31 Mar 1918 - 8 Sep 1918 Oblt. Erich Förste
9 Sep 1918 - 6 Oct 1918 Ltn. (R) Hans Illing
Career 21 patrols
27 Jul 1916 - 1 Feb 1917 I Flotilla
1 Feb 1917 - 10 Sep 1917 II Flotilla
10 Sep 1917 - 3 May 1918 V Flotilla
3 May 1918 - 9 Sep 1918 I Flotilla
9 Sep 1918 - 6 Oct 1918 Flandern Flotilla
6 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 training Flotilla
Successes31 ships sunk with a total of 39,496 tons.
2 ships damaged with a total of 12,406 tons.
2 ships taken as prize with a total of 2,210 tons. (View ships hit by UB 34)
Fate 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Canning Town in 1922..

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