WWI U-boats

U 161

Type U 93
ShipyardBremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Ordered 9 Feb 1917
Launched 23 Mar 1918
Commissioned 29 Jun 1918
Commanders
29 Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Waldemar von Münch
Career 1 patrol
unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Sunk as a target on June 30, 1921 about 60 miles S of the Eddystone Lighthouse..

There was another U 161 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Mar 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 8 Jul 1941. Take a look at U 161 from WWII.


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