WWI U-boats

U 122

Type UE 2
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 299)
Ordered 27 May 1916
Launched 9 Dec 1917
Commissioned 4 May 1918
Commanders
4 May 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Alfred Korte
Career 1 patrol
unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 I Flotilla
Successes1 ship sunk with a total of 278 tons. (View ships hit by U 122)
Fate 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Ran aground on the English east coast while on passage to surrender. Broken up.

There was another U 122 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 20 Dec 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 30 Mar 1940. Take a look at U 122 from WWII.


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