WWI U-boats
U 39
Type | U 31 | ||||||||
Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 199) | ||||||||
Ordered | 12 Jun 1912 | ||||||||
Laid down | 27 Mar 1913 | ||||||||
Launched | 26 Sep 1914 | ||||||||
Commissioned | 13 Jan 1915 | ||||||||
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Career | 19 patrols | ||||||||
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Successes | 153 ships sunk with a total of 405,035 tons. 7 ships damaged with a total of 30,552 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 798 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 1,290 tons. (View ships hit by U 39) | ||||||||
Fate | 18 May 1918 - Interned at Cartagena, Spain after being damaged by French aircraft that same day. Surrendered to France on 22 Mar 1919 and was broken up at Toulon in 1923.. 2 dead and 40 survivors. |
There was another U 39 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Sep 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 10 Dec 1938. Take a look at U 39 from WWII.