WWI U-boats
UB 13
Type | UB I | ||||||||
Shipyard | A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 222) | ||||||||
Ordered | 15 Oct 1914 | ||||||||
Laid down | 7 Nov 1914 | ||||||||
Launched | 8 Mar 1915 | ||||||||
Commissioned | 6 Apr 1915 | ||||||||
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Career | 36 patrols | ||||||||
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Successes | 11 ships sunk with a total of 17,665 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 27 tons. (View ships hit by UB 13) | ||||||||
Fate | 25 Apr 1916 - Lost in a mine net off the Belgian coast (51°33’N, 02°52’E). 17 dead (all hands lost). |
The wreck of UB 13 has been located in recent years.