WWI U-boats

U 126

Type UE 2
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 303)
Ordered 27 May 1916
Launched 16 Jun 1918
Commissioned 7 Oct 1918
Commanders
7 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Otto Wünsche (Pour le Mérite)
Career No patrols
No flotilla information available
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 22 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Upnor in 1923..

There was another U 126 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 31 Dec 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 22 Mar 1941. Take a look at U 126 from WWII.


Back to the U-boat index