WWI U-boats

UB 58

 

Type

UB III

Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen  (Werk 270)
Ordered 20 May 1916 Laid down 13 Sep 1916 
Launched 22 Jun 1917 Commissioned 10 Aug 1917 
Commanders
10 Aug 1917 - 7 Feb 1918   Werner Fürbringer
8 Feb 1918 - 10 Mar 1918   Werner Löwe
Career 6 patrols
15 Oct 1917 - 10 Mar 1918 Flandern I Flotilla
Successes8 ships sunk for a total of 8,198 tons. 
Fate 10 Mar 1918 - Sunk by a mine in the Dover Barrage at 51.00N, 01.19E. 35 dead (all hands lost). 

There was little doubt about the fate of UB 58 as some of her logs floated to the surface and were recovered by the Royal Navy. Divers in recent years have located the wreck - the wreck was actually located in 1918 but not identified at the time. The site has erroneously been linked to UB 54 and UB 108.

See the 8 ships hit by UB 58


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