WWI U-boats

U 73

Type UE 1
ShipyardKaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 29)
Ordered 6 Jan 1915
Launched 16 Jun 1915
Commissioned 9 Oct 1915
Commanders
9 Oct 1915 - 21 May 1917 Kptlt. Gustav Sieß (Pour le Mérite)
22 May 1917 - 15 Jan 1918 Kptlt. Ernst von Voigt
16 Jan 1918 - 15 Jun 1918 Kptlt. Karl Meusel
16 Jun 1918 - 15 Sep 1918 Oblt. Carl Bünte
16 Sep 1918 - 30 Oct 1918 Kptlt. Fritz Saupe
Career 2 patrols
30 Apr 1916 - 30 Oct 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla
Successes18 ships sunk with a total of 86,849 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 8,067 tons.
3 warships sunk with a total of 28,750 tons. (View ships hit by U 73)
Fate 30 Oct 1918 - Scuttled at Pola in position 44.52N, 13.50E during the evacuation from there..

There was another U 73 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 27 Jul 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 30 Sep 1940. Take a look at U 73 from WWII.


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