WWI U-boats
UC 57
| Type | UC II | ||||
| Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 39) | ||||
| Ordered | 12 Jan 1916 | ||||
| Laid down | 14 Mar 1916 | ||||
| Launched | 7 Sep 1916 | ||||
| Commissioned | 22 Jan 1917 | ||||
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| Career | 7 patrols | ||||
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk with a total of 271 tons. 2 ships taken as prize with a total of 3,863 tons. (View ships hit by UC 57) | ||||
| Fate | 18 Nov 1917 - Presumably mined in the Gulf of Finland on or after November 18, 1917. 27 dead (all hands lost). | ||||
UC 57 had sailed on November 12, 1917 to land eight Finnish Jägers and 4 tons of munition on the island of Hamnskär. After successfully dropping off the men and supplies, the boat was going to lay on the sea bed overnight before returning to Germany. UC 57 never arrived in Danzig. There is a memorial to the crew on Hamnskär.