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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
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UC 69
Type | UC II | ||||||
| Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 285) | ||||||
| Ordered | 12 Jan 1916 | Laid down | |||||
| Launched | 7 Aug 1916 | Commissioned | 22 Dec 1916 | ||||
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| Career | 9 patrols | ||||||
| 6 Mar 1917 - 6 Dec 1917 Flandern/Flandern II Flotilla |
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| Successes | 54 ships sunk for a total of 99,415 tons. 3 ships damaged for a total of 16,705 tons. 1 warship damaged for a total of 975 tons. | ||||||
| Fate | 6 Dec 1917 - Went into collision with U96 off Barfleur and sank at 4947N 0110W. 11 dead, unknown number of survivors. | ||||||