WWI U-boats

UC 5

Type UC I
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 49)
Ordered
Launched 13 Jun 1915
Commissioned 19 Jun 1915
Commanders
19 Jun 1915 - 18 Dec 1915 Oblt. Herbert Pustkuchen (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
19 Dec 1915 - 27 Apr 1916 Oblt. Ulrich Mohrbutter
Career 29 patrols
27 Jul 1915 - 27 Apr 1916 Flandern Flotilla
Successes28 ships sunk with a total of 36,126 tons.
7 ships damaged with a total of 20,262 tons.
2 warships sunk with a total of 1,105 tons. (View ships hit by UC 5)
Fate 27 Apr 1916 - Grounded on the Shipwash Shoal 5159N 0138E. Boat scuttled but charges failed to explode.

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