WWI U-boats

UC 19

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 269)
Ordered 29 Aug 1915
Launched 15 Mar 1916
Commissioned 21 Aug 1916
Commanders
22 Aug 1916 - 6 Dec 1916 Oblt. Alfred Nitzsche
Career 3 patrols
9 Nov 1916 - 6 Dec 1916 Flandern Flotilla
Successes4 ships sunk with a total of 3,784 tons. (View ships hit by UC 19)
Fate 6 Dec 1916 - Possibly depth charged by the destroyer HMS Landrail early on December 13, 1916 at 52°08’N, 1°47’E. 25 dead (all hands lost).

Previously recorded fate
Sunk in the English Channel in position 49°41’N, 6°31’W by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Ariel. This attack was likely against UB 29.


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