WWI U-boats

UC 20

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 270)
Ordered 29 Aug 1915
Launched 1 Apr 1916
Commissioned 7 Sep 1916
Commanders
8 Sep 1916 - 8 May 1917 Kptlt. Franz Becker (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
9 May 1917 - 12 Dec 1917 Oblt. Hans Adalbert von der Lühe
13 Dec 1917 - 10 Jan 1918 Oblt. Otto Kümpel
1 Apr 1918 - 18 Jun 1918 Oblt. Heinrich Kukat (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
19 Jun 1918 - 29 Nov 1918 Oblt. Hermann Rohne
Career 13 patrols
11 Dec 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer I Flotilla
Successes21 ships sunk with a total of 20,927 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 11,554 tons. (View ships hit by UC 20)
Fate 16 Jan 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Preston in 1919-20..

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