WWI U-boats

U 30

 

Type

U 27

Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig  (Werk 20)
Ordered 19 Feb 1912 Laid down  
Launched 15 Nov 1913 Commissioned 26 Aug 1914 
Commanders
25 Sep 1914 - 22 Jun 1915   Erich von Rosenberg-Grusczyski
1 May 1916 - 20 Nov 1917   Franz Grünert
Career 6 patrols
start date unknown - 22 Jun 1915 IV Flotilla
19 Nov 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 training Flotilla
15 Oct 2016 - 19 Nov 1917 IV Flotilla
Successes27 ships sunk for a total of 48,060 tons.
1 ship damaged for a total of 5,189 tons. 
Fate 22 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20.  

See the 28 ships hit by U 30


There was another U 30 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 4 Aug 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 8 Oct 1936. Take a look at the U 30 from WWII.

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