WWI U-boats

U 19

 

Type

U 19

Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig  (Werk 13)
Ordered 25 Nov 1910 Laid down 20 Oct 1911 
Launched 10 Oct 1912 Commissioned 6 Jul 1913 
Commanders
1 Aug 1914 - 15 Mar 1916   Constantin Kolbe
16 Mar 1916 - 10 Aug 1916   Raimund Weisbach
11 Aug 1916 - 31 May 1917   Johannes Spieß
1 Jun 1917 - 15 Oct 1917   Heinrich(i.V.) Koch
25 Oct 1917 - 16 Nov 1917   Hans Albrecht Liebeskind
17 Nov 1917 - 31 May 1918  Kptlt. Johannes Spieß
1 Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918   Hans Albrecht Liebeskind
Career 12 patrols
1 Aug 1914 - 19 Sep 1916 III Flotilla
19 Sep 1916 - 1 May 1917 Baltic Flotilla
1 May 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 III Flotilla
Successes57 ships sunk for a total of 97,877 tons.
1 ship damaged for a total of 3,767 tons.
1 ship taken as prize for a total of 733 tons.
1 ship sunk for a total of 1,261 tons. 
Fate 24 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20.  

See the 60 ships hit by U 19


There was another U 19 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Dec 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 16 Jan 1936. Take a look at the U 19 from WWII.

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