WWI U-boats

UC 10

Type UC I
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 54)
Ordered 14 Nov 1914
Launched 15 Jul 1915
Commissioned 17 Jul 1915
Commanders
17 Jul 1915 - 3 Nov 1915 Oblt. Ernst Rosenow
4 Nov 1915 - 8 Dec 1915 Oblt. Max Viebeg (Pour le Mérite)
9 Dec 1915 - 13 Jun 1916 Oblt. Alfred Nitzsche
14 Jun 1916 - 26 Jun 1916 Oblt. Reinhold Saltzwedel (Pour le Mérite)
27 Jun 1916 - 21 Aug 1916 Oblt. Werner Albrecht
Career 30 patrols
19 Dec 1915 - 21 Aug 1916 Flandern Flotilla
Successes16 ships sunk with a total of 30,406 tons.
5 ships damaged with a total of 16,627 tons.
2 warships sunk with a total of 598 tons. (View ships hit by UC 10)
Fate 21 Aug 1916 - Torpedoed by HM Submarine E54 off the Schouwen Bank at 51°39N 3°17'E. 18 dead (all hands lost).

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