WWI U-boats

UB 30

 

Type

UB II

Shipyard Blohm & Voss, Hamburg  (Werk 254)
Ordered 22 Jul 1915 Laid down  
Launched 16 Nov 1915 Commissioned 16 Mar 1916 
Commanders
18 Mar 1916 - 1 Oct 1916  Kptlt. Kurt Schapler
2 Oct 1916 - 7 Aug 1917   Cassius von Montigny
8 Aug 1917 - 21 Apr 1918   Wilhelm Rhein
22 Apr 1918 - 13 Aug 1918   Rudolf Stier
Career 19 patrols
8 May 1916 - 23 Feb 1917 Baltic Flotilla
23 Feb 1917 - 13 Aug 1918 Flandern Flotilla
Successes18 ships sunk for a total of 19,650 tons.
2 ships damaged for a total of 12,007 tons. 
Fate 13 Aug 1918 - Depth charged off E coast of UK and sunk at 5432N 0036E. 26 dead (all hands lost). 

The boat lies in position 54.32'.351 N 000.35'.671 W (WGS84), in a depth of 43m (lowest astronomical depth) 3-miles NNE from Whitby north pier, North Yorkshire. She is intact and upright with the hatches open and the boat is full of silt and there are nets draped over the hull. (A diver was lost on the wreck in 1992.)

See the 20 ships hit by UB 30


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