WWI U-boats

UB 61

Type UB III
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 86)
Ordered 20 May 1916
Launched 28 Apr 1917
Commissioned 23 Jun 1917
Commanders
23 Jun 1917 - 29 Nov 1917 Oblt. Theodor Schultz
Career 3 patrols
10 Sep 1917 - 29 Nov 1917 V Flotilla
6 Aug 1918 - 10 Sep 1917 II Flotilla
Successes2 ships sunk with a total of 12,920 tons. (View ships hit by UB 61)
Fate 29 Nov 1917 - Blew up on a mine previously laid by HM Sub E51 and foundered at 5325N 0458E. 34 dead

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