WWI U-boats

UB 7

Type UB I
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 245)
Ordered 15 Nov 1914
Laid down 30 Nov 1914
Launched
Commissioned 6 May 1915
Commanders
6 May 1915 - 11 Apr 1916 Oblt. Wilhelm Werner (Pour le Mérite)
12 Apr 1916 - 27 Sep 1916 Oblt. Hans Lütjohann
Career 15 patrols
6 May 1915 - 21 Jun 1915 Pola Flotilla
21 Jun 1915 - 27 Sep 1916 Constantinople Flotilla
Successes4 ships sunk with a total of 6,283 tons. (View ships hit by UB 7)
Fate 27 Sep 1916 - Mined in the Black Sea 15 miles SE of Varna. 15 dead (all hands lost).

The wreck of UB 7 has been found with the location matching a Bulgarian defensive minefield laid earlier in 1916. Bulgaria was a German ally and UB 7 was operating out of Varna when lost.


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