WWI U-boats

U 58

Type U 57
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 213)
Ordered 6 Oct 1914
Laid down 8 Jun 1915
Launched 31 May 1916
Commissioned 9 Aug 1916
Commanders
9 Aug 1916 - 3 Jun 1917 Kptlt. Kurt Wippern
4 Jun 1917 - 26 Jun 1917 Kptlt. Peter Hermann
27 Jun 1917 - 30 Oct 1917 Kptlt. Karl Scherb
31 Oct 1917 - 17 Nov 1917 Kptlt. Gustav Amberger
Career 8 patrols
16 Oct 1916 - 17 Nov 1917 II Flotilla
Successes21 ships sunk with a total of 30,906 tons. (View ships hit by U 58)
Fate 17 Nov 1917 - Depth charged by destroyer USS Fanning off the south coast of Ireland 51°37’N, 8°12’W . 2 dead and 36 survivors.

Location incorrectly given as 51°32’N, 05°21’W in many sources.

There was another U 58 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 Oct 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 4 Feb 1939. Take a look at U 58 from WWII.


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