WWI U-boats

UC 45

Type UC II
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 78)
Ordered 20 Nov 1915
Launched 20 Oct 1916
Commissioned 18 Nov 1916
Commanders
18 Nov 1916 - 27 Jul 1917 Kptlt. Hubert Aust
28 Jul 1917 - 31 Aug 1917 Oblt. Hans Soergel
1 Sep 1917 - 17 Sep 1917 Oblt. Werner Ackermann
Career 5 patrols
10 Feb 1917 - 17 Sep 1917 I Flotilla
Successes12 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.


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