WWI U-boats

UB 82

Type

Shipyard

A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 282)

Ordered

23 Sep 1916

Laid down

10 Jan 1917

Launched

1 Sep 1917

Commissioned

2 Oct 1917

Commanders

2 Oct 1917 - 17 Apr 1918

Kptlt. Walther Gustav Becker

Career

3 patrols

30 Dec 1917

- 17 Apr 1918

V Flotilla

Successes

No successes

Fate

17 Apr 1918 - Severely damaged in a depth charge attack by 2 trawlers, surfaced but sank at 55°13’N, 5°15’W. 36 dead (all hands lost).

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