WWI U-boats

U 163

Type U 93
ShipyardBremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Ordered 9 Feb 1917
Launched 1 Jun 1918
Commissioned 21 Aug 1918
Commanders
21 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Hermann Metger (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career
unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 22 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to Italy. Broken up at La Spezia in August 1919..

There was another U 163 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 May 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 21 Oct 1941. Take a look at U 163 from WWII.


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