WWI U-boats

UB 16

Type UB I
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 225)
Ordered 25 Nov 1914
Laid down 21 Feb 1915
Launched 26 Apr 1915
Commissioned 12 May 1915
Commanders
12 May 1915 - 4 Apr 1916 Oblt. Hans Valentiner (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
5 Apr 1916 - 29 Aug 1916 Oblt. Paul Hundius (Pour le Mérite)
30 Aug 1916 - 19 Jan 1917 Oblt. Ernst Müller-Schwarz
20 Jan 1917 - 17 Mar 1917 Oblt. Hans Ewald Niemer
18 Mar 1917 - 22 Apr 1917 Oblt. Hugo Thielmann
23 Apr 1917 - 25 Aug 1917 Oblt. Wilhelm Rhein (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
26 Aug 1917 - 24 Dec 1917 Oblt. Günther Bachmann
25 Dec 1917 - 19 Feb 1918 Oblt. Alfred Krameyer
20 Feb 1918 - 21 Apr 1918 Oblt. Rudolf Stier
22 Apr 1918 - 10 May 1918 Oblt. Vicco von der Lühe
Career 87 patrols
1 Jun 1915 - 10 May 1918 Flandern Flotilla
Successes24 ships sunk with a total of 18,711 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 5,822 tons.
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 0 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 1,075 tons. (View ships hit by UB 16)
Fate 10 May 1918 - Torpedoed by HM Sub E34 in North Sea at 5206N 0201E. . 15 dead and 1 survivor

The only survivor was the Commander himself Oblt. von der Lühe.


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