WWI U-boats

U 51

Type U 51
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 233)
Ordered 23 Aug 1914
Laid down 19 Dec 1914
Launched 25 Nov 1915
Commissioned 24 Feb 1916
Commanders
19 Feb 1916 - 14 Jul 1916 Kptlt. Walter Rumpel
Career 1 patrol
unknown start - 25 May 1916 I Flotilla
25 May 1916 - 14 Jul 1916 II Flotilla
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 14 Jul 1916 - Torpedoed by HM Sub H5 while leaving Ems estuary. 34 dead and 4 survivors.

The wreck of U 51 was raised and broken up in 1968.

There was another U 51 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 11 Jun 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 6 Aug 1938. Take a look at U 51 from WWII.


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