WWI U-boats

U 26

Type U 23
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 180)
Ordered 18 Mar 1911
Laid down 31 May 1912
Launched 16 Oct 1913
Commissioned 20 May 1914
Commanders
1 Aug 1914 - 17 Dec 1914 Kptlt. Egewolf Freiherr von Berckheim (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
13 Jan 1915 - 30 Sep 1915 Kptlt. Egewolf Freiherr von Berckheim (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career 1 patrol
unknown start - 30 Sep 1915 Baltic Flotilla
1 Aug 1914 - unknown end IV Flotilla
Successes3 ships sunk with a total of 3,700 tons.
2 warships sunk with a total of 11,375 tons. (View ships hit by U 26)
Fate 30 Aug 1915 - Mined off Hanko, Finland. Date of loss is approximate.. 30 dead (all hands lost).

The wreck of U 26 was discovered by Finnish divers in May 2014.

2 June 2014
The wreck of SM U-26 has been discovered. See the press release from the team who found her.

There was another U 26 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 14 Mar 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 6 May 1936. Take a look at U 26 from WWII.


Back to the U-boat index