WWI U-boats

UB 75

Type UB III
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 304)
Ordered 23 Sep 1916
Launched 5 May 1917
Commissioned 11 Sep 1917
Commanders
11 Sep 1917 - 10 Dec 1917 Oblt. Franz Walther
Career 2 patrols
24 Oct 1917 - 10 Dec 1917 V Flotilla
Successes6 ships sunk with a total of 10,777 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 1,477 tons. (View ships hit by UB 75)
Fate 10 Dec 1917 - Mined off Scarborough. 34 dead (all hands lost).

The wreck of UB 75 was discovered in August 2003.


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