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UB I minelayer conversion(s) ?
Posted by: Nom Anor ()
Date: January 09, 2012 09:25AM

Hi. This is my first message here, and I have a question. According to Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, four boats of the UB I class were later converted into minelayers: UB-10, UB-12, UB-16, and UB-17.

I've also read somewhere else(sorry, I can't provide the source on that one) that, HMS Recruit's loss on 9 August 1917 was due to a mine and not from a torpedo.

But from what I've gathered on this site(Ships Hit By U-boats pages), it seems to me that only UB-12 was actually converted into a minelayer and the other three remained as torpedo attack boats.

Is Conway wrong here? Any help would be much appreciated.

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Subject Written By Posted
UB I minelayer conversion(s) ? Nom Anor 01/09/2012 09:25AM
Re: UB I minelayer conversion(s) ? Yves D 01/09/2012 10:05AM
Re: UB I minelayer conversion(s) ? Nom Anor 01/09/2012 10:42AM
Re: UB I minelayer conversion(s) ? Simon S. 01/09/2012 04:58PM
Re: UB I minelayer conversion(s) ? Nom Anor 01/09/2012 06:40PM
Re: UB I minelayer conversion(s) ? Simon S. 01/09/2012 08:12PM
Re: UB I minelayer conversion(s) ? Clio 01/12/2012 06:34PM


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