WWI U-boats

UB 32

 

Type

UB II

Shipyard Blohm & Voss, Hamburg  (Werk 256)
Ordered 22 Jul 1915 Laid down  
Launched 4 Dec 1915 Commissioned 10 Apr 1916 
Commanders
11 Apr 1916 - 4 Dec 1916   Ludwig Karl Sahl
5 Dec 1916 - 24 Feb 1917   Karl Ruprecht
25 Feb 1917 - 5 Aug 1917  Kptlt. Max Viebeg
6 Aug 1917 - 22 Sep 1917   Benno von Ditfurth
Career 16 patrols
25 May 1916 - 24 Feb 1917 Baltic Flotilla
24 Feb 1917 - 22 Sep 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes22 ships sunk for a total of 42,887 tons.
4 ships damaged for a total of 19,933 tons. 
Fate 22 Sep 1917 - Possibly sunk by bombs dropped from RNAS aircraft at 5145N 0205E. 24 dead (all hands lost). 

See the 26 ships hit by UB 32


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