WWI U-boats
U 12
Type | U 9 | |||||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 7) | |||||||
Ordered | 15 Jul 1908 | |||||||
Launched | 6 May 1910 | |||||||
Commissioned | 13 Aug 1911 | |||||||
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Career | 4 patrols | |||||||
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Successes | 1 ship sunk with a total of 1,005 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 810 tons. (View ships hit by U 12) | |||||||
Fate | 10 Mar 1915 - Rammed and shelled by destroyer off Fife Ness then scuttled. 20 dead and 10 survivors. |
The wreck of U 12 was found by a local dive team lead by Martin Sinclair and Jim MacLeod based upon research by Kevni Heath in January 2008. The wreck is some 18 miles from where U 12 was previously listed as being sunk.
On 11 November, 1914 the gunboat HMS Niger was sunk near the Deal Light Vessel by U 12 while operating from the harbour of Zeebrugge. This was the first U-boat victim of German operations originating from a Belgian port.
There was another U 12 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 11 Sep 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 30 Sep 1935. Take a look at U 12 from WWII.