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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
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WWI U-boats
UB 40
Type | UB II | ||||||||||
| Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 264) | ||||||||||
| Ordered | 22 Jul 1915 | Laid down | |||||||||
| Launched | 25 Apr 1916 | Commissioned | 18 Aug 1916 | ||||||||
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| Career | 28 patrols | ||||||||||
| 10 Mar 1916 - 2 Oct 1918 Flandern Flotilla |
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| Successes | 99 ships sunk for a total of 132,044 tons. 14 ships damaged for a total of 56,577 tons. 1 ship taken as prize for a total of 470 tons. | ||||||||||
| Fate | 5 Oct 1918 - Scuttled at Ostende in position 51.13N, 02.56E during the German evacuation from Belgium. . | ||||||||||
See the 114 ships hit by UB 40