WWI U-boats

UC 73

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 289)
Ordered 12 Jan 1916
Launched 26 Aug 1916
Commissioned 24 Dec 1916
Commanders
24 Dec 1916 - 26 Nov 1917 Kptlt. Kurt Schapler
27 Nov 1917 - 29 May 1918 Oblt. Walter Wiedemann
30 May 1918 - 14 Jul 1918 Oblt. Otto Gerke
15 Jul 1918 - 2 Dec 1918 Oblt. Franz Hagen
Career 10 patrols
6 Jun 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer I Flotilla
Successes16 ships sunk with a total of 16,565 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 5,796 tons. (View ships hit by UC 73)
Fate 6 Jan 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Brighton Ferry in 1919-20..

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