WWI U-boats

U 35

 

Type

U 31

Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel  (Werk 195)
Ordered 29 Mar 1912 Laid down 20 Dec 1912 
Launched 18 Apr 1914 Commissioned 3 Nov 1914 
Commanders
3 Nov 1914 - 12 Nov 1915   Waldemar Kophamel
13 Nov 1915 - 16 Mar 1918  Kptlt. Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
17 Mar 1918 - 13 Aug 1918   Ernst von Voigt
14 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918   Heino von Heimburg
Career 17 patrols
start date unknown - 1 Aug 1915 II Flotilla
23 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola Flotilla
Successes223 ships sunk for a total of 535,699 tons.
9 ships damaged for a total of 36,439 tons.
3 ships sunk for a total of 2,798 tons.
1 warship damaged for a total of 450 tons. 
Fate 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20.  

See the 236 ships hit by U 35


There was another U 35 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 24 Sep 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 3 Nov 1936. Take a look at the U 35 from WWII.

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