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A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
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UC 70
Type | UC II | ||||||||
| Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 286) | ||||||||
| Ordered | 12 Jan 1916 | Laid down | |||||||
| Launched | 7 Aug 1916 | Commissioned | 20 Nov 1916 | ||||||
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| Career | 10 patrols | ||||||||
| 22 Feb 1917 - 28 Aug 1918 Flandern/Flandern II Flotilla |
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| Successes | 32 ships sunk for a total of 25,978 tons. 7 ships damaged for a total of 26,801 tons. | ||||||||
| Fate | 28 Aug 1918 - Sunk by D/C from HMS Ouse off E coast of England at 54.32N, 00.40W.. 31 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||||
| The boat lies in position 54.31'.611 N 000.40'.024 W (WGS84) in a depth of 24m (lowest astronomical depth), 2.80-miles NW from Whitby north pier, North Yorkshire. She is intact and upright, but many parts of her seams have blown and two hatches are open, plus the conning tower hatch is open. The deck gun and periscope are still in place. She is half full of silt, with wires and cables festooning the interior. In 1992 one of her props was recovered. When the German Embassy in London found out about it they declared her a war grave. |