WWI U-boats

UC 58

Type UC II
ShipyardKaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 40)
Ordered 12 Jan 1916
Laid down 18 Mar 1916
Launched 21 Oct 1916
Commissioned 12 Mar 1917
Commanders
12 Mar 1917 - 19 Apr 1918 Kptlt. Karl Vesper (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
20 Apr 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Kurt Schwarz
Career 12 patrols
9 May 1917 - 11 Dec 1917 Baltic Flotilla
11 Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 I Flotilla
Successes24 ships sunk with a total of 21,113 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 4,125 tons.
3 ships taken as prize with a total of 2,716 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 380 tons. (View ships hit by UC 58)
Fate 24 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Cherburg in 1921..

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