WWI U-boats
UB 38
Type | UB II | ||||||||||
Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 262) | ||||||||||
Ordered | 22 Jul 1915 | ||||||||||
Launched | 1 Apr 1916 | ||||||||||
Commissioned | 18 Jul 1916 | ||||||||||
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Career | 21 patrols | ||||||||||
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Successes | 47 ships sunk with a total of 47,476 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 4,577 tons. (View ships hit by UB 38) | ||||||||||
Fate | 8 Feb 1918 - Ran into a minefield while attempting to escape destroyers and blew up at 5056N 0125E. 27 dead (all hands lost). |