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Zetterling, Niklas
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UB 38
Type | UB II | ||||||||||
| Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 262) | ||||||||||
| Ordered | 22 Jul 1915 | Laid down | |||||||||
| Launched | 1 Apr 1916 | Commissioned | 18 Jul 1916 | ||||||||
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| Career | 21 patrols | ||||||||||
| 11 Sep 1916 - 8 Feb 1918 Flandern Flotilla |
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| Successes | 48 ships sunk for a total of 47,803 tons. 1 ship damaged for a total of 4,577 tons. | ||||||||||
| Fate | 8 Feb 1918 - Ran into a minefield while attempting to escape destroyers and blew up at 5056N 0125E. 27 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||||||