WWI U-boats

UB 5

Type UB I
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 243)
Ordered 15 Nov 1914
Laid down 22 Nov 1914
Launched
Commissioned 25 Mar 1915
Commanders
25 Mar 1915 - 21 Sep 1916 Oblt. Wilhelm Smiths
Career 24 patrols
9 Oct 1915 - 21 Sep 1916 Baltic Flotilla
21 Sep 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 training Flotilla
Successes5 ships sunk with a total of 996 tons. (View ships hit by UB 5)
Fate 19 Feb 1919 - Stricken. Broken up by Dräger, Lübeck in 1919. .

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