WWI U-boats
U 76
| Type | UE 1 | ||||
| Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 58) | ||||
| Ordered | 9 Mar 1915 | ||||
| Launched | 12 Mar 1916 | ||||
| Commissioned | 11 May 1916 | ||||
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| Career | 3 patrols | ||||
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk with a total of 1,149 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 6,254 tons. (View ships hit by U 76) | ||||
| Fate | 22 Jan 1917 - Foundered in bad weather off North Cape (71N, 23E) after damage by collision with a Russian trawler. 1 dead, unknown number of survivors. | ||||
The wreck of U 76 was raised and broken up in the early 1970s.
There was another U 76 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 3 Oct 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 3 Dec 1940. Take a look at U 76 from WWII.