WWI U-boats

U 34

Type U 31
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 194)
Ordered 29 Mar 1912
Laid down 7 Nov 1912
Launched 9 May 1914
Commissioned 5 Oct 1914
Commanders
5 Oct 1914 - 11 Dec 1916 Kptlt. Claus Rücker (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
12 Dec 1916 - 17 Jan 1918 Kptlt. Johannes Klasing (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
18 Jan 1918 - 13 Mar 1918 Kptlt. Wilhelm Canaris
14 Mar 1918 - 21 Oct 1918 Kptlt. Johannes Klasing (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career 17 patrols
unknown start - 23 Aug 1915 II Flotilla
23 Aug 1915 - 21 Oct 1918 Pola Flotilla
Successes119 ships sunk with a total of 257,652 tons.
5 ships damaged with a total of 14,208 tons. (View ships hit by U 34)
Fate 18 Oct 1918 - Sailed on 18.10 and was never heard from again.. 38 dead (all hands lost).

Previously recorded fate
Depth charged by HMS Privet on November 9, 1918 near Gibraltar. U 34 was in all likelihood lost well before this date.

There was another U 34 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 17 Jul 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 12 Sep 1936. Take a look at U 34 from WWII.


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