WWI U-boats

UC 38

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 279)
Ordered 20 Nov 1915
Launched 25 Jun 1916
Commissioned 26 Oct 1916
Commanders
19 Oct 1916 - 4 Aug 1917 Oblt. Alfred Klatt
19 Oct 1916 - 29 Oct 1916 Oblt. Albrecht von Dewitz
5 Aug 1917 - 14 Dec 1917 Oblt. Hans Hermann Wendlandt (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career 9 patrols
23 Jan 1917 - 14 Dec 1917 Pola Flotilla
Successes40 ships sunk with a total of 53,000 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 13,352 tons.
3 warships sunk with a total of 9,308 tons. (View ships hit by UC 38)
Fate 14 Dec 1917 - Depth charged by French destroyers in the Ionian Sea at 3832N, 2034E or 3815N, 2022E. 9 dead and 19 survivors.

The loss position in German sources, 38°15'N, 22°22E is not consistant with the description of the location of the loss. The above location information is believed to be correct.


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