WWI U-boats

UB 2

Type UB I
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 240)
Ordered 15 Nov 1914
Laid down 1 Nov 1914
Launched 13 Feb 1915
Commissioned 10 Feb 1915
Commanders
20 Feb 1915 - 7 Mar 1916 Oblt. Werner Fürbringer (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
8 Mar 1916 - 4 Apr 1916 Oblt. Karl Neumann (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
5 Apr 1916 - 1 Jul 1916 Oblt. Thomas Bieber (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
2 Jul 1916 - 3 Dec 1916 Oblt. Harald von Keyserlingk
Career 38 patrols
10 May 1915 - 19 Mar 1916 Flandern Flotilla
19 Mar 1916 - 4 Dec 1916 Baltic Flotilla
4 Dec 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 training Flotilla
Successes11 ships sunk with a total of 1,374 tons. (View ships hit by UB 2)
Fate 19 Feb 1919 - Stricken, hull broken up at Stinnes 3 Feb, 1920. .

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