WWI U-boats
UC 45
Type | UC II | ||||||||
Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 78) | ||||||||
Ordered | 20 Nov 1915 | ||||||||
Launched | 20 Oct 1916 | ||||||||
Commissioned | 18 Nov 1916 | ||||||||
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Career | 5 patrols | ||||||||
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Successes | 12 ships sunk with a total of 16,854 tons. (View ships hit by UC 45) | ||||||||
Fate | 24 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Preston 1919-20.. 35 dead (all hands lost). |
Sank on 17 Sept, 1917 in the North Sea in position 54.09N, 07.35E after a diving accident. 35 dead (all hands lost). Raised on 11 April 1918 by salvage vessel Oberelbe. Again in service on 24 Oct 1918.