WWI U-boats
UC 79
| Type | UC II | ||||||||
| Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 84) | ||||||||
| Ordered | 12 Jan 1916 | ||||||||
| Launched | 19 Dec 1916 | ||||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Jan 1917 | ||||||||
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| Career | 11 patrols | ||||||||
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| Successes | 10 ships sunk with a total of 12,241 tons. 14 ships taken as prize with a total of 10,961 tons. (View ships hit by UC 79) | ||||||||
| Fate | 5 Apr 1918 - Mined off Griz Nez, France while homebound, likely during the first week of April, 1918. The exact date of loss has not been determined. 29 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||||
The wreck of UC 79 was first located by Royal Navy divers in August 1918. It has since been rediscovered and identified by a team of French divers
Previously recorded fate
Mined off Folkestone during the night of April 19/20, 1918. UB 78 was the boat lost at this time.