WWI U-boats

U 58

 

Type

U 57

Shipyard A.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   Kurt Wippern
4 Jun 1917 - 26 Jun 1917   Peter Hermann
27 Jun 1917 - 30 Oct 1917   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 for a total of 30,906 tons. 
Fate 17 Nov 1917 - Depth charged by destroyer USS Fanning in Bristol Channel at 5132N 0521W. 2 dead, unknown number of survivors. 

See the 21 ships hit by U 58


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 the U 58 from WWII.

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