WWI U-boats

UB 106

Type UB III
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 312)
Ordered 23 Sep 1916
Launched 21 Jul 1917
Commissioned 7 Feb 1918
Commanders
7 Feb 1918 - 18 Mar 1918 Oblt. Hugo Thielmann
19 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Oblt. Max Schmidt
Career No patrols
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up in situ from 1921 after grounding near Falmouth with UB 86, UB 97, UB 112, UB 128 and UC 92.

UB 106 sank near Kiel on 15 March, 1918 (54.42N, 10.09E) in a diving accident with 35 dead (all hands lost). The boat was raised three days later, overhauled and then served with the U-Schule


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