WWI U-boats
U 19
Type | U 19 | ||||||||||||||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 13) | ||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 25 Nov 1910 | ||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 20 Oct 1911 | ||||||||||||||||
Launched | 10 Oct 1912 | ||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 6 Jul 1913 | ||||||||||||||||
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Career | 12 patrols | ||||||||||||||||
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Successes | 57 ships sunk with a total of 97,921 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 4,224 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 733 tons. 1 ship sunk with a total of 1,261 tons. (View ships hit by U 19) | ||||||||||||||||
Fate | 24 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20. |
There was another U 19 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Dec 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 16 Jan 1936. Take a look at U 19 from WWII.