WWI U-boats
U 47
Type | U 43 | ||||||||||||||||
Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 25) | ||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 4 Aug 1914 | ||||||||||||||||
Launched | 16 Aug 1915 | ||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 28 Feb 1916 | ||||||||||||||||
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Career | 2 patrols | ||||||||||||||||
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Successes | 14 ships sunk with a total of 23,932 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 9,500 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,046 tons. (View ships hit by U 47) | ||||||||||||||||
Fate | 28 Oct 1918 - Scuttled at Pola in position 44.52N, 13.50E during the evacuation from there.. |
No patrols after June 1917 due to serious engine troubles that could not be solved before the war ended.
There was another U 47 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 29 Oct 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 17 Dec 1938. Take a look at U 47 from WWII.