WWI U-boats

UC 43

Type UC II
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 76)
Ordered 20 Nov 1915
Launched 5 Oct 1916
Commissioned 25 Oct 1916
Commanders
25 Oct 1916 - 10 Mar 1917 Kptlt. Erwin Sebelin
Career 2 patrols
25 Dec 1916 - 10 Mar 1917 I Flotilla
Successes13 ships sunk with a total of 24,684 tons.
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 539 tons. (View ships hit by UC 43)
Fate 10 Mar 1917 - Torpedoed by HM Sub G13 N of Muckle Fluga, Shetlands at 60°57’N 01°11’W. 26 dead (all hands lost).

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