WWI U-boats

UC 12

 

Type

UC I

Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen  (Werk 226)
Ordered 23 Nov 1914 Laid down 27 Jan 1915 
Launched 29 Apr 1915 Commissioned 2 May 1915 
Commanders
2 May 1915 - 26 Jun 1915   Cäsar Bauer
27 Jun 1915 - 1 Jan 1916   Karl Palis
2 Jan 1916 - 16 Mar 1916   Eberhard Fröhner
Career 7 patrols
27 Jun 1915 - 16 Mar 1916 Pola Flotilla
Successes6 ships sunk for a total of 3,289 tons. 
Fate 16 Mar 1916 - Sunk by explosion of her own mines off Taranto 4027N 1711E. 15 dead 

The Italians raised UC 12, and commissioned it in their navy as the X-1.

See the 6 ships hit by UC 12

The French Memphis, a small military vessel is sunk northwest of Laghi by a mine laid by UC12.


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