WWI U-boats

UB 10

Type UB I
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 219)
Ordered 15 Oct 1914
Laid down 7 Nov 1914
Launched 20 Feb 1915
Commissioned 15 Mar 1915
Commanders
15 Mar 1915 - 12 Jan 1916 Oblt. Otto Steinbrinck (Pour le Mérite)
13 Jan 1916 - 18 Jun 1916 Oblt. Reinhold Saltzwedel (Pour le Mérite)
19 Jun 1916 - 11 Sep 1916 Oblt. Gustav Buch
12 Sep 1916 - 13 Nov 1916 Oblt. Wilhelm Amberger
14 Nov 1916 - 7 Jan 1917 Oblt. Erich von Rohrscheidt
8 Jan 1917 - 12 Feb 1917 Oblt. Ulrich Pilzecker
13 Feb 1917 - 2 Mar 1917 Oblt. Matthias Graf von Schmettow (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
3 Mar 1917 - 31 May 1917 Oblt. Erich von Rohrscheidt
1 Jun 1917 - 6 Jul 1917 Oblt. Georg Reimarus
7 Jul 1917 - 7 Sep 1917 Oblt. Fritz Gregor
8 Sep 1917 - 16 Oct 1917 Oblt. Hellmut Lorenz
17 Oct 1917 - 27 Oct 1917 Oblt. Erich Stephan
28 Oct 1917 - 7 Nov 1917 Oblt. Freiherr Cassius von Montigny
8 Nov 1917 - 29 Jan 1918 Oblt. Erich Stephan
30 Jan 1918 - 27 Feb 1918 Oblt. Fritz von Twardowski
28 Feb 1918 - 17 May 1918 Oblt. Hans Joachim Emsmann
18 May 1918 - 5 Oct 1918 Oblt. (R) Willy Stüben
Career 115 patrols
27 Mar 1915 - 5 Oct 1918 Flandern Flotilla
Successes36 ships sunk with a total of 22,604 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 1,010 tons. (View ships hit by UB 10)
Fate 5 Oct 1918 - Scuttled and sunk off the Flanders coast in position 51.21N, 03.12E during the German evacuation of Belgium..

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