WWI U-boats

UB 51

Type UB III
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 296)
Ordered 20 May 1916
Launched 8 Mar 1917
Commissioned 26 Jul 1917
Commanders
26 Jul 1917 - 27 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Ernst Krafft (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career 6 patrols
19 Oct 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla
Successes19 ships sunk with a total of 47,771 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 3,905 tons. (View ships hit by UB 51)
Fate 16 Jan 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Swansea, England in 1922..

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