WWI U-boats
UC 42
| Type | UC II | ||||||
| Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 75) | ||||||
| Ordered | 20 Nov 1915 | ||||||
| Launched | 21 Sep 1916 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 18 Nov 1916 | ||||||
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| Career | 6 patrols | ||||||
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| Successes | 14 ships sunk with a total of 9,877 tons. 1 warship damaged with a total of 1,210 tons. (View ships hit by UC 42) | ||||||
| Fate | 10 Sep 1917 - Lost in the explosion of her own mines off Cork at 51°44N’, 8°12’W. 27 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||
The wreck of UC 42 was first discovered by the Royal Navy on October 31, 1917 and dived and positively identified soon thereafter. The wreck was rediscovered by Irish divers in 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0124/296859-cork/#video