WWI U-boats

UB 6

 

Type

UB I

Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel  (Werk 244)
Ordered 15 Nov 1914 Laid down 22 Nov 1914 
Launched  Commissioned 8 Apr 1915 
Commanders
8 Apr 1915 - 12 Nov 1915   Erich Haecker
13 Nov 1915 - 26 Apr 1916   Ernst Voigt
27 Apr 1916 - 21 Jul 1916   Karl Neumann
22 Jul 1916 - 9 Jan 1917   Karsten von Heydebreck
10 Jan 1917 - 12 Mar 1917   Oskar Steckelberg
Career 60 patrols
19 Apr 1915 - 12 Mar 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes14 ships sunk for a total of 5,896 tons.
2 ships damaged for a total of 1,101 tons.
1 ship taken as prize for a total of 1,328 tons.
1 warship sunk for a total of 335 tons. 
Fate 18 Mar 1917 - Sunk at Hellevoetsluis while interned (after having run aground on the 12th). Wreck surrendered to France in 1919. Broken up at Brest in July 1921. .  

See the 18 ships hit by UB 6


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