WWI U-boats
UB 23
Type | UB II | ||||||||||||
Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 253) | ||||||||||||
Ordered | 30 Apr 1915 | ||||||||||||
Launched | 9 Oct 1915 | ||||||||||||
Commissioned | 11 Mar 1916 | ||||||||||||
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Career | 21 patrols | ||||||||||||
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Successes | 51 ships sunk with a total of 33,880 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 419 tons. (View ships hit by UB 23) | ||||||||||||
Fate | 29 Jul 1917 - Interned at Corunna, Spain after being badly damaged by depth charges from the patrol boat HMS PC-60 off the Lizard on July 26.. 23 survivors (No casualties). |