WWI U-boats
UC 53
Type | UC II | ||||||||
Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 269) | ||||||||
Ordered | 12 Jan 1916 | ||||||||
Launched | 27 Feb 1917 | ||||||||
Commissioned | 5 Apr 1917 | ||||||||
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Career | 8 patrols | ||||||||
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Successes | 48 ships sunk with a total of 46,500 tons. 12 ships damaged with a total of 31,732 tons. (View ships hit by UC 53) | ||||||||
Fate | 28 Oct 1918 - Scuttled at Pola, in position 44.52N, 13.50E on the surrender of Austro-Hungary.. |
In service as the Austro-Hungarian U-boat U95.