WWI U-boats

U 60

 

Type

U 57

Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen  (Werk 215)
Ordered 6 Oct 1914 Laid down 22 Jun 1915 
Launched 5 Jul 1916 Commissioned 1 Nov 1916 
Commanders
1 Nov 1916 - 31 Oct 1917  Kptlt. Karl Georg Schuster
1 Nov 1917 - 20 Nov 1917   Karl (i.V.) Jasper
21 Nov 1917 - 11 Nov 1918  Kptlt. Franz Grünert
Career 10 patrols
13 Jan 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla
Successes52 ships sunk with a total of 107,640 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 7,447 tons. 
Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Ran aground on the English East coast on the way to be broken up in 1921..  

See the 55 ships hit by U 60


There was another U 60 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Jun 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 22 Jul 1939. Take a look at the U 60 from WWII.

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