WWI U-boats

U 87

 

Type

Mittel U

Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig  (Werk 31)
Ordered 23 Jun 1915 Laid down 28 Oct 1915 
Launched 22 May 1916 Commissioned 26 Feb 1917 
Commanders
26 Feb 1917 - 13 Oct 1917   Rudolf Schneider
13 Oct 1917 - 25 Dec 1917   Freiherr Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg
Career 5 patrols
24 Apr 1917 - 25 Dec 1917 III Flotilla
Successes23 ships sunk for a total of 59,884 tons.
2 ships damaged for a total of 7,638 tons. 
Fate 25 Dec 1917 - Rammed by HMS Buttercup and depth charged to be finally sunk by PC56 in Irish Sea. 44 dead (all hands lost). 

See the 25 ships hit by U 87


There was another U 87 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Jun 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Aug 1941. Take a look at the U 87 from WWII.

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