WWI U-boats
UC 62
Type | UC II | ||||
Shipyard | A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 260) | ||||
Ordered | 12 Jan 1916 | ||||
Laid down | 3 Apr 1916 | ||||
Launched | 9 Dec 1916 | ||||
Commissioned | 8 Jan 1917 | ||||
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Career | 9 patrols | ||||
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Successes | 11 ships sunk with a total of 16,735 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 3,057 tons. (View ships hit by UC 62) | ||||
Fate | 14 Oct 1917 - Mined on the Thorton bank near Zeebrugge in October 1917. 30 dead (all hands lost). |
The wreck of UC 62 has been identified by markings on both propellers. Her loss had previously been presumed to have been by mine off Portland.