WWI U-boats
U 74
| Type | UE 1 | ||||
| Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 30) | ||||
| Ordered | 6 Jan 1915 | ||||
| Launched | 10 Aug 1915 | ||||
| Commissioned | 24 Nov 1915 | ||||
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| Career | 2 patrols | ||||
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk with a total of 2,802 tons. (View ships hit by U 74) | ||||
| Fate | 17 May 1916 - Sank in a mine handling accident 3.5 miles off Dunbar, Scotland. The wreck of an UEI class submarine located by divers is undoubtedly that of U 74. 34 dead (all hands lost). | ||||
Previously recorded fate
Sunk by gunfire from the Royal Navy trawlers Sea Ranger, Kimberly, Oku, and Rodino off Peterhead at 57.10N, 01.20E on May 27, 1916. U 74 was lost well before this date.
There was another U 74 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 31 Aug 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 31 Oct 1940. Take a look at U 74 from WWII.