WWI U-boats

U 47

 

Type

U 43

Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig  (Werk 25)
Ordered 4 Aug 1914 Laid down  
Launched 16 Aug 1915 Commissioned 28 Feb 1916 
Commanders
28 Feb 1916 - 27 Aug 1917   Heinrich Metzger
28 Aug 1917 - 29 Oct 1917   Johannes Feldkirchner
30 Oct 1917 - 10 Mar 1918   Otto Gerke
14 Jan 1918 - 14 Jun 1918  Kptlt. Wilhelm Canaris
11 Mar 1918 - 31 Mar 1918   Adolf Franz
15 Jun 1918 - 11 Sep 1918   Erich Gerth
12 Sep 1918 - 28 Oct 1918  Kptlt. Carl Bünte
Career 2 patrols
8 May 1916 - 27 Dec 1916 III Flotilla
27 Dec 1916 - 28 Oct 1918 Pola Flotilla
Successes14 ships sunk for a total of 23,931 tons.
3 ships damaged for a total of 9,500 tons.
1 ship taken as prize for a total of 1,046 tons. 
Fate 28 Oct 1918 - Scuttled at Pola in position 44.52N, 13.50E during the evacuation from there. .  

No patrols after June 1917 due to serious engine troubles that could not be solved before the war ended.

See the 18 ships hit by U 47


There was another U 47 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 29 Oct 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 17 Dec 1938. Take a look at the U 47 from WWII.

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