WWI U-boats

UC 74

Type UC II
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 79)
Ordered 12 Jan 1916
Launched 19 Oct 1916
Commissioned 26 Nov 1916
Commanders
26 Nov 1916 - 6 Dec 1917 Kptlt. Wilhelm Marschall (Pour le Mérite)
15 Feb 1918 - 6 Aug 1918 Oblt. Hans Adalbert von der Lühe
7 Aug 1918 - 21 Nov 1918 Oblt. Hans Schüler
Career 10 patrols
17 Mar 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla
Successes37 ships sunk with a total of 92,722 tons.
4 ships damaged with a total of 13,108 tons. (View ships hit by UC 74)
Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Interned at Barcelona after running out of fuel. Surrendered to France on 26 March 1919. Broken up at Toulon in July 1921..

In service as the Austro-Hungarian U-boat U93.


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