WWI U-boats
U 78
Type | UE 1 | ||||||||||||||
Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 60) | ||||||||||||||
Ordered | 9 Mar 1915 | ||||||||||||||
Launched | 27 Feb 1916 | ||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 20 Apr 1916 | ||||||||||||||
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Career | 12 patrols | ||||||||||||||
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Successes | 16 ships sunk with a total of 26,678 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 11,332 tons. 2 ships taken as prize with a total of 3,427 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 810 tons. (View ships hit by U 78) | ||||||||||||||
Fate | 27 Oct 1918 - Torpedoed by HM Sub G2 N of North Sea at 56°02'N 05°08'E. 40 dead (all hands lost). |
The commonly listed sinking date of October 28, 1918 is in error. Wreck located in 2015.
There was another U 78 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 7 Dec 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 15 Feb 1941. Take a look at U 78 from WWII.