WWI U-boats

UC 30

Type UC II
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 69)
Ordered 29 Aug 1915
Launched 27 Jul 1916
Commissioned 22 Aug 1916
Commanders
22 Aug 1916 - 21 Apr 1917 Kptlt. Heinrich Stenzler
Career 4 patrols
16 Nov 1916 - 21 Apr 1917 I Flotilla
Successes5 ships sunk with a total of 5,867 tons. (View ships hit by UC 30)
Fate 21 Apr 1917 - Struck a mine west of Esbjerg, Denmark. . 27 dead (all hands lost).

The wreck of UC 30 was discovered in 2016.


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