WWI U-boats

UB 47

Type UB II
ShipyardA.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 249)
Ordered 31 Jul 1915
Laid down 4 Sep 1915
Launched 17 Jun 1916
Commissioned 4 Jul 1916
Commanders
4 Jul 1916 - 31 Mar 1917 Oblt. Wolfgang Steinbauer (Pour le Mérite)
1 Apr 1917 - 21 Jul 1917 Oblt. Hans Hermann Wendlandt (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career 7 patrols
4 Jul 1916 - 21 Jul 1917 Pola Flotilla
Successes20 ships sunk with a total of 76,195 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 16,967 tons.
2 warships sunk with a total of 11,450 tons. (View ships hit by UB 47)
Fate - Surrendered to France in 1920. Broken up..

Served as the Austo-Hungarian U-boat U47 from 20 July, 1917.


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