WWI U-boats

UB 5

Type

Shipyard

Germaniawerft, 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

Successes

5 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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