WWI U-boats

U 91

Type U 87
ShipyardKaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 35)
Ordered 23 Jun 1915
Laid down 1 Aug 1916
Launched 14 Apr 1917
Commissioned 17 Sep 1917
Commanders
17 Sep 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Alfred von Glasenapp (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career 8 patrols
13 Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 III Flotilla
Successes37 ships sunk with a total of 83,302 tons.
2 ships damaged with a total of 11,821 tons. (View ships hit by U 91)
Fate 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Brest during July 1921.

There was another U 91 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 30 Nov 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 28 Jan 1942. Take a look at U 91 from WWII.


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