WWI U-boats
U 75
Type | UE 1 | ||||||
Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 57) | ||||||
Ordered | 9 Mar 1915 | ||||||
Launched | 30 Jan 1916 | ||||||
Commissioned | 26 Mar 1916 | ||||||
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Career | 7 patrols | ||||||
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Successes | 11 ships sunk with a total of 18,347 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 7,742 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,700 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 10,850 tons. (View ships hit by U 75) | ||||||
Fate | 13 Dec 1917 - Struck a mine off Terschelling. 23 dead and 9 survivors. |
There was another U 75 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 Oct 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Dec 1940. Take a look at U 75 from WWII.