WWI U-boats

UC 4

 

Type

UC I

Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg  (Werk 48)
Ordered  Laid down  
Launched 6 Jun 1915 Commissioned 10 Jun 1915 
Commanders
10 Jun 1915 - 28 Dec 1915   Karl Vesper
29 Dec 1915 - 19 Mar 1916   Friedrich Moecke
20 Mar 1916 - 15 Aug 1916   Max Hamm
16 Aug 1916 - 14 Sep 1916   Ulrich Pilzecker
15 Sep 1916 - 20 Oct 1916   Gustav Buch
21 Oct 1916 - 26 Nov 1916  Oblt. Hans Howaldt
27 Nov 1916 - 11 May 1917   Georg Reimarus
12 May 1917 - 20 May 1917   Oskar Steckelberg
21 May 1917 - 29 May 1917   Georg Reimarus
30 May 1917 - 12 Sep 1917   Erich Hecht
13 Sep 1917 - 19 Jan 1918   Walter Schmitz
20 Jan 1918 - 26 Feb 1918   Kurt Loch
27 Feb 1918 - 21 Apr 1918   Ernst Berlin
22 Apr 1918 - 2 Oct 1918   Eberhard Schmidt
Career 73 patrols
11 Jul 1915 - 4 Feb 1916 Baltic Flotilla
4 Feb 1916 - 19 Mar 1916 Flandern Flotilla
19 Mar 1916 - 30 Sep 1916 Baltic Flotilla
30 Sep 1916 - 2 Oct 1918 Flandern/Flandern I Flotilla
Successes35 ships sunk for a total of 38,652 tons.
2 ships damaged for a total of 9,441 tons.
1 warship sunk for a total of 6,136 tons. 
Fate 5 Oct 1918 - Scuttled off the coast of Flanders in position 51,22N, 03.12E during the German evacuation from Belgium. .  

See the 38 ships hit by UC 4


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