WWI U-boats
UB 40
Type | UB II | ||||||||||
Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 264) | ||||||||||
Ordered | 22 Jul 1915 | ||||||||||
Launched | 25 Apr 1916 | ||||||||||
Commissioned | 18 Aug 1916 | ||||||||||
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Career | 28 patrols | ||||||||||
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Successes | 100 ships sunk with a total of 135,617 tons. 16 ships damaged with a total of 60,629 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 470 tons. (View ships hit by UB 40) | ||||||||||
Fate | 5 Oct 1918 - Scuttled at Ostende in position 51.13N, 02.56E during the German evacuation from Belgium.. |