WWI U-boats

UC 17

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 267)
Ordered 29 Aug 1915
Launched 29 Feb 1916
Commissioned 21 Jul 1916
Commanders
23 Jul 1916 - 21 May 1917 Oblt. Ralph Wenninger (Pour le Mérite)
22 May 1917 - 3 Aug 1917 Oblt. Werner Fürbringer (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
4 Aug 1917 - 15 Jan 1918 Oblt. Ulrich Pilzecker
16 Jan 1918 - 4 May 1918 Oblt. Erich Stephan
5 May 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Oblt. Freiherr Nikolaus von Lyncker
Career 21 patrols
2 Oct 1916 - 19 Oct 1918 Flandern Flotilla
19 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 I Flotilla
Successes96 ships sunk with a total of 144,423 tons.
9 ships damaged with a total of 27,855 tons. (View ships hit by UC 17)
Fate 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Preston in 1919-20..

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