WWI U-boats
U 17
Type | U 17 | ||||||||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 11) | ||||||||||
Ordered | 6 May 1910 | ||||||||||
Laid down | 1 Oct 1910 | ||||||||||
Launched | 16 Apr 1912 | ||||||||||
Commissioned | 3 Nov 1912 | ||||||||||
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Career | 4 patrols | ||||||||||
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Successes | 11 ships sunk with a total of 15,122 tons. 2 ships taken as prize with a total of 4,956 tons. (View ships hit by U 17) | ||||||||||
Fate | 27 Jan 1919 - Stricken, broken up at the Imperial Dockyard, Kiel. Pressure hull sold to Stinnes, Hamburg on 3 Feb, 1920. . |
On 20 October, 1914 this boat was the first to sink a merchant vessel. This was the British steamer SS Glitra, which was sunk in strict accordance with prize rules.
There was another U 17 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 14 Nov 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 3 Dec 1935. Take a look at U 17 from WWII.