WWI U-boats

UB 65

Type UB III
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 90)
Ordered 20 May 1916
Launched 26 Jun 1917
Commissioned 18 Aug 1917
Commanders
18 Aug 1917 - 14 Jul 1918 Kptlt. Martin Schelle
Career 6 patrols
30 Sep 1917 - 18 Apr 1918 V Flotilla
18 Apr 1918 - 14 Jul 1918 II Flotilla
Successes6 ships sunk with a total of 6,197 tons.
6 ships damaged with a total of 11,443 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 1,290 tons. (View ships hit by UB 65)
Fate 14 Jul 1918 - Lost by accidental cause (marine casualty) off Padstow, Cornwall on or after July 14, 1918. 37 dead (all hands lost).

Previously recorded fate
Lost by premature explosion one of her own torpedoes on July 10, 1918 south of the Irish coast. In fact, UB 65 operated through at least July 14, when she sank the Portugese sailing vessel MARIA JOSE off Lundy island.


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