WWI U-boats

UB 37

Type UB II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 261)
Ordered 22 Jul 1915
Launched 28 Dec 1915
Commissioned 10 Jun 1916
Commanders
17 May 1916 - 6 Nov 1916 Oblt. Hans Valentiner (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
7 Nov 1916 - 14 Jan 1917 Oblt. Paul Günther
Career 10 patrols
5 Jul 1916 - 14 Jan 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes31 ships sunk with a total of 20,504 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 1,622 tons.
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 400 tons. (View ships hit by UB 37)
Fate 14 Jan 1917 - Sunk by gunfire from Q-Ship Penshurst at 50.07N 01.47W. 21 dead (all hands lost).

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