List of German U-Boats (1906-1919)

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The list of German submarines (1906–1919) contains all submarines of the Imperial Navy that were manufactured up to the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Weimar Republic .

Since the end of the 19th century, the German Empire was concerned with the design of submarines . After the construction of the trout prototype , the first submarine of the Imperial Navy was put into service at the end of 1906.

Möltenort submarine memorial with memorial plaques with the names of the fallen

Legend

When it comes to the whereabouts of the submarines, a distinction is made between the following cases:

† destroyed by enemy action
? missed in action
§ raised, captured or captured by the enemy
× Accident or sunk yourself
A. Decommissioning (scrapped, scrapped or put to another use)

U 1 - U 100

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 1 UA petrol December 14, 1906 February 19, 1919 A. The damaged boat was sold to the German Museum in Munich
U 2 UA petrol July 18, 1908 November 11, 1918 A. Wrecked on February 19, 1919 near Stinnes
U 3 UA petrol May 29, 1909 December 1, 1918 A. Wrecked on January 27, 1919 in Kiel
U 4 UA petrol May 29, 1909 December 1, 1918 A. Wrecked on January 27, 1919 in Kiel
U 5 UA petrol July 2, 1910 December 18, 1914 ? Mine or accident off the Belgian coast ( 51 ° 23 ′  N , 3 ° 11 ′  E ) (total loss)
U 6 UA petrol August 12, 1910 September 15, 1915 † Torpedoed off Stavanger ( 58 ° 55 ′  N , 5 ° 10 ′  E ) by the British submarine HMS E16 (24 dead, five survivors)
U 7 UA petrol July 18, 1911 January 21, 1915 × Off the Dutch coast ( 53 ° 43 ′  N , 6 ° 2 ′  E ) held by SM U 22 as an enemy submarine and sunk (26 dead, one survivor)
U 8 UA petrol June 18, 1911 March 4, 1915 † Got entangled in a network of the Dover Lock ( 50 ° 56 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  E ), had to surface and was then sunk by HMS Ghurka and HMS Maori
U 9 UA petrol April 18, 1910 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, in 1919 in Morecambe scrapped
U 10 UA petrol August 31, 1911 June 30, 1916 ? Probably ran into a mine off the Finnish coast (total loss)
U 11 UA petrol September 21, 1910 December 9, 1914 † Presumably ran into a mine off the south of England ( 51 ° 6 ′  N , 1 ° 29 ′  E ) (total loss)
U 12 UA petrol August 13, 1911 March 10, 1915 † Self-sunk after shelling and ramming by British destroyers ( 56 ° 7 ′  N , 2 ° 20 ′  W ) (20 dead, ten survivors)
U 13 UA petrol April 25, 1912 August 12, 1914 ? Mine or accident off Heligoland (25 dead)
U 14 UA petrol April 24, 1912 June 5, 1915 † Shot immobilized by the armed fishing boat Oceanic II and then sunk (one dead, 27 survivors)
U 15 UA petrol July 7, 1912 August 9, 1914 † In Fair Isle from the light cruiser HMS Birmingham rammed (23 deaths)
U 16 UA petrol December 28, 1911 February 8, 1919 × Sunk on overpass
U 17 UA petrol November 3, 1912 January 27, 1919 A. Broken down in Kiel
U 18 UA petrol November 17, 1912 November 23, 1914 † Rammed by HMS Garry and the fishing boat Dorothy Gray at Scapa Flow ( 58 ° 41 ′  N , 2 ° 55 ′  W ) (one dead, 22 survivors)
U 19 UA diesel July 6, 1913 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920
U 20 UA diesel August 5, 1913 November 4, 1916 × Run aground off the Danish coast ( 56 ° 33 ′  N , 8 ° 8 ′  E ) and blown up the next day by the crew
U 21 UA diesel October 22, 1913 February 22, 1919 × Sunk on transfer to Great Britain ( 54 ° 19 ′  N , 3 ° 42 ′  W )
U 22 UA diesel November 25, 1913 November 1, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920
U 23 UA diesel September 11, 1913 July 20, 1915 † Torpedoed by British submarine HMS C27 during attack on Princess Louise submarine trap ( 58 ° 55 ′  N , 0 ° 14 ′  E ) (24 dead, 10 survivors)
U 24 UA diesel December 6, 1913 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
U 25 UA diesel May 9, 1914 February 23, 1919 § Delivered to France, broken up in Cherburg between 1920 and 1921
U 26 UA diesel May 20, 1914 August / September 1915 ? Lost on the Finnish coast (total loss, 30 dead)
U 27 UA diesel May 8, 1914 August 19, 1915 † Sunk by the submarine trap HMS Baralong ( 50 ° 43 ′  N , 7 ° 22 ′  W ) (37 dead) (see Baralong incident )
U 28 UA diesel June 26, 1914 September 2, 1917 × SS Olive Branch's cargo exploded ( 72 ° 24 ′  N , 27 ° 56 ′  E ) (39 dead)
U 29 UA diesel August 1, 1914 March 28, 1915 † Rammed by HMS Dreadnought near Pentland Firth ( 58 ° 20 ′  N , 0 ° 57 ′  E ) (32 dead)
U 30 UA diesel August 26, 1914 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920
U 31 UA diesel September 18, 1914 January 13, 1915 † Sunk 55 miles off Norfolk , believed to have run into a mine (35 dead, no survivors)
U 32 UA diesel September 3, 1914 May 8, 1918 † Sunk by HMS Wildflower near Malta ( 36 ° 7 ′  N , 13 ° 28 ′  E ) (41 dead)
U 33 UA diesel September 27, 1914 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920
U 34 UA diesel October 5, 1914 October 18, 1918 ? Lost on October 18, 1918 (38 dead)
U 35 UA diesel November 3, 1914 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920
U 36 UA diesel November 14, 1914 July 24, 1915 † Sunk by the submarine trap HMS Prince Charles ( 59 ° 7 ′  N , 5 ° 30 ′  W ) (18 dead)
U 37 UA diesel December 9, 1914 April 30, 1915 ? Probably ran into a mine near Zeebrugge (32 dead)
U 38 UA diesel December 15, 1914 February 23, 1919 § Delivered to France, broken up in Brest in July 1921
U 39 UA diesel January 13, 1915 May 18, 1918 § Interned in Cartagena, extradited to France on March 22, 1919, broken up in Toulon in 1923
U 40 UA diesel February 14, 1915 June 23, 1915 † Sunk by British submarine HMS C24 in attack on the Taranaki submarine trap ( 57 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 50 ′  W ) (29 dead, unknown number of survivors)
U 41 UA diesel February 1, 1915 September 24, 1915 † Sunk by the submarine trap HMS Baralong ( 49 ° 10 ′  N , 7 ° 23 ′  W ) (35 dead, two survivors)
U 42 Guiglielmo Pacinotti August 8, 1915 July 14, 1916 † Built in Italy, confiscated by the Italian government, served as U Balilla in the Italian Navy, sunk by the kuk torpedo boats T65 and T66 near Lissa
U 43 UA Ms April 30, 1915 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
U 44 UA Ms May 7, 1915 August 12, 1917 † Rammed by HMS Oracle near Norway ( 58 ° 51 ′  N , 4 ° 20 ′  E ) (44 dead)
U 45 UA Ms October 9, 1915 September 12, 1917 † Torpedoed by the British submarine HMS D7 off the North Canal ( 55 ° 48 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W ) (43 dead, two survivors)
U 46 UA Ms December 17, 1915 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to Japan, served as O2 in the Japanese Navy until 1921 , partially scrapped in Yokosuka in April 1921, sunk on April 21, 1925 during the transfer to Kure
U 47 UA Ms February 28, 1916 October 28, 1918 × Sank during evacuation at Pola ( 44 ° 52 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E )
U 48 UA Ms April 22, 1916 November 24, 1917 † Sunk by a British patrol boat (19 dead, 17 survivors)
U 49 UA Ms May 31, 1916 September 11, 1917 † Rammed and sunk by SS British Transport in the Bay of Biscay ( 46 ° 17 ′  N , 14 ° 42 ′  W ) (43 dead)
U 50 UA Ms 4th July 1916 August 31, 1917 ? Probably ran into a mine near Terschelling (44 dead)
U 51 UA Ms February 24, 1916 July 14, 1916 † Torpedoed by the British submarine HMS H5 when leaving the Ems estuary (43 dead, four survivors)
U 52 UA Ms March 16, 1916 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1921
U 53 UA Ms April 22, 1916 December 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
U 54 UA Ms May 25, 1916 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in Taranto in May 1919
U 55 UA Ms June 8, 1916 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to Japan, served as O3 in the Japanese Navy until 1921, broken up in Sasebo between March and June 1921
U 56 UA Ms June 23, 1916 November 3, 1916 ? Missing in the Barents Sea (35 dead)
U 57 UA Ms July 6, 1916 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Cherburg in 1921
U 58 UA Ms August 9, 1916 November 17, 1917 † Sunk by USS Fanning near Bristol ( 51 ° 32 ′  N , 5 ° 21 ′  W ) (two dead, 36 survivors)
U 59 UA Ms September 7, 1916 May 14, 1917 × Run into a German mine ( 55 ° 33 ′  N , 7 ° 15 ′  E ) (33 dead, four survivors)
U 60 UA Ms November 1, 1916 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, sunk en route to dismantling in 1921
U 61 UA Ms July 22, 1916 March 26, 1918 † Sunk by PC51 ( 51 ° 48 ′  N , 5 ° 32 ′  W ) (36 dead)
U 62 UA Ms August 2, 1916 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, from 1919 to 1920 in Bo'ness scrapped
U 63 UA Ms February 8, 1916 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920
U 64 UA Ms February 29, 1916 June 17, 1918 † By attack with water bombs HMS Lychnis damaged by subsequent artillery fire sunk ( 38 ° 7 '  N , 10 ° 27'  O ) (38 dead, 5 survivors)
U 65 UA Ms March 21, 1916 October 28, 1918 x Sank during evacuation at Pola ( 44 ° 52 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E )
U 66 UD July 23, 1915 September 3, 1917 † Walked on a mine (40 dead)
U 67 UD 4th August 1915 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Fareham in 1921
U 68 UD 17th August 1915 March 22, 1916 † Sunk near Ireland ( 51 ° 54 ′  N , 10 ° 53 ′  W ) by the submarine trap HMS Farnborough (38 dead)
U 69 UD September 4, 1915 July 11, 1917 ? Lost on the way to Ireland, possibly contact with floating mine off Norway (40 dead)
U 70 UD September 22, 1915 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Bo'ness between 1919 and 1920
U 71 UE 1 December 20, 1915 February 23, 1919 § Delivered to France, broken up in Cherburg in 1921
U 72 UE 1 January 26, 1916 November 1, 1918 x Sank during evacuation near Kotor ( 42 ° 30 ′  N , 18 ° 41 ′  E )
U 73 UE 1 October 9, 1915 October 30, 1918 x Sank during evacuation at Pola ( 44 ° 52 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E )
U 74 UE 1 November 24, 1915 May 16, 1916 x Accident while handling a mine near Dunbar (34 dead)
U 75 UE 1 March 26, 1916 December 13, 1917 † Run into a mine near Terschelling (23 dead, 8 survivors)
U 76 UE 1 May 11, 1916 January 22, 1917 † Sunk after collision with a Russian steamer in bad weather (1 dead, 32 survivors), lifted and scrapped in 1971
U 77 UE 1 March 10, 1916 July 7, 1916 ? Lost after mine operation at Kinnaird Head (33 dead)
U 78 UE 1 April 20, 1916 October 28, 1918 † Sunk by British submarine G2 ( 56 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 8 ′  E ) (40 dead)
U 79 UE 1 May 25, 1916 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to France, Victor Reveille served in the French Navy until it was scrapped in 1935
U 80 UE 1 June 6, 1916 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
U 81 Middle U August 22, 1916 May 1, 1917 † Sunk by the British submarine E54 near Ireland ( 51 ° 25 ′  N , 13 ° 5 ′  W ) (24 dead, 7 survivors)
U 82 Middle U September 16, 1916 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920
U 83 Middle U September 6, 1916 February 17, 1917 † Sunk near Ireland ( 51 ° 34 ′  N , 11 ° 23 ′  W ) by the HMS Farnborough submarine trap (35 dead, 1 survivor)
U 84 Middle U October 7, 1916 January 26, 1918 ? Presumably rammed and sunk by PC62 ( 51 ° 53 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  W ) (40 dead)
U 85 Middle U October 23, 1916 March 12, 1917 † Sinking by the submarine trap Privet ( 50 ° 2 ′  N , 4 ° 13 ′  W ) (38 dead)
U 86 Middle U November 30, 1916 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, sunk en route to dismantling in 1921
U 87 Middle U February 26, 1917 December 25, 1917 † Rammed and shot at by HMS Buttercup , then sunk by PC56 (44 dead)
U 88 Middle U April 7, 1917 September 5, 1917 ? Probably ran into a mine near Terschelling (43 dead)
U 89 Middle U June 21, 1917 February 12, 1918 † Rammed by HMS Roxburgh ( 55 ° 38 ′  N , 7 ° 32 ′  W ) (43 dead)
U 90 Middle U August 2, 1917 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Bo'ness between 1919 and 1920
U 91 Middle U September 17, 1917 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Brest in July 1921
U 92 Middle U October 22, 1917 September 9, 1918 ? Probably ran into a mine (42 dead); Wreck was discovered off the Orkney Islands in November 2006
U 93 Middle U February 10, 1917 January 15, 1918 ? Lost since January 15, 1918 (43 dead)
U 94 Middle U March 3, 1917 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Bo'ness between 1919 and 1920
U 95 Middle U April 29, 1917 January 1918 ? Sank near Hardelot in the second half of January for unknown reasons (36 dead)
U 96 Middle U April 11, 1917 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Bo'ness between 1919 and 1920
U 97 Middle U May 16, 1917 November 21, 1918 x Sunk in an accident
U 98 Middle U May 31, 1917 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Blyth between 1919 and 1920
U 99 Middle U March 28, 1917 July 7, 1917 † Torpedoed by British submarine J2 ( 58 ° 0 ′  N , 3 ° 5 ′  E ) (40 dead)
U 100 Middle U April 16, 1917 November 27, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922

U 101 - U 167

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 101 Middle U April 1, 1917 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, scrapped in Morecambe in 1920
U 102 Middle U May 12, 1917 September 30, 1918 ? Probably ran into mine (42 dead); Wreck was discovered off the Orkney Islands in November 2006
U 103 Middle U June 9, 1917 May 12, 1918 † Rammed by the RMS Olympic and sunk ( 49 ° 16 ′  N , 4 ° 51 ′  W ) (10 dead, unknown number of survivors)
U 104 Middle U July 3, 1917 April 25, 1918 † Sunk by HMS Jessamine in St George's Canal ( 51 ° 59 ′  N , 6 ° 26 ′  W ) (41 dead, 1 survivor)
U 105 Middle U May 16, 1917 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to France, served as Jean-Autric in the French Navy until January 27, 1937 , was scrapped in 1938
U 106 Middle U June 12, 1917 October 7, 1917 † Destroyed in the minefield off Heligoland on the way to the home port (41 dead); Wreck was 65km north of Terschelling discovered
U 107 Middle U June 28, 1917 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
U 108 Middle U October 11, 1917 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to France, Léon Mignot served in the French Navy until July 24, 1935
U 109 Middle U September 25, 1917 January 26, 1918 ? Probably in the Strait of Dover ( 50 ° 53 ′  N , 1 ° 31 ′  E ) destroyed and sunk by the Dover Lock mine (43 dead)
U 110 Middle U July 28, 1917 March 15, 1918 † Badly damaged by depth charge and sunk (39 dead)
U 111 Middle U December 30, 1917 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the United States, issued in New England, then sunk during an exercise at Cape Charles
U 112 Middle U June 30, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered, broken up in Rochester in 1922
U 113 Middle U February 23, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Brest in July 1921
U 114 Middle U June 19, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in La Spezia in May 1919
U 117 UE 2 March 28, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the United States, seen several times in exhibitions along the Atlantic coast, sunk on June 21, 1921 in an exercise at Cape Charles
U 118 UE 2 May 8, 1918 February 23, 1919 § Delivered, sunk at Hastings on April 15, 1919 when being transported to France
U 119 UE 2 June 20, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to France, served as René Audry in the French Navy until October 7, 1937
U 120 UE 2 August 31, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in La Spezia in April 1919
U 121 UE 2 Completed after the armistice, delivered to France and sunk in an exercise on July 1, 1921
U 122 UE 2 May 4, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Sunk on overpass
U 123 UE 2 July 20, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, ran aground in 1921 while being transported for dismantling
U 124 UE 2 July 12, 1918 December 1, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
U 125 UE 2 September 4, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to Japan, served as O1 in the Japanese Navy until 1921 , partially scrapped in Yokosuka in 1921, and finally in service as auxiliary cruiser 2900 until 1935
U 126 UE 2 October 7, 1918 November 2, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Upnor in 1923
U 135 Middle U June 20, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, ran aground in 1921 while being transported for dismantling
U 136 Middle U August 15, 1918 February 23, 1919 § Delivered to France, broken up in Cherburg in 1921
U 139 U 139 May 18, 1918 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to France, served as Halbronn in the French Navy until July 22, 1935
U 140 U 139 March 28, 1918 February 23, 1919 § Extradited to the United States, was sunk in an exercise on July 22, 1921 by the destroyer Dickerson at Cape Charles
U 141 U 139 June 24, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Upnor in 1923
U 142 U 142 November 10, 1918 November 10, 1918 A. Returned to the shipyard immediately after commissioning, broken up in Oslebshausen in 1919
U 151 U 151 July 21, 1917 § Extradited to France, was sunk in an exercise on June 7, 1921 near Cherburg
U 152 U 151 17th August 1917 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, was sunk on June 30, 1921 off the Isle of Wight
U 153 U 151 17th August 1917 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, was sunk on June 30, 1921 off the Isle of Wight
U 154 U 151 December 12, 1917 May 11, 1918 † Sunk by a torpedo from British submarine E35 ( 36 ° 51 ′  N , 11 ° 50 ′  W ) (77 dead)
U 155 U 151 February 19, 1917 November 24, 1918 § previously in service as a commercial submarine Germany ; Delivered to the UK and issued, canceled in Morecambe in 1922
U 156 U 151 August 22, 1917 September 25, 1918 ? Presumably collision with a mine in the north of England (77 dead)
U 157 U 151 September 22, 1917 November 11, 1918 § Interned in Trondheim, extradited to France on February 8, 1919, broken up in Brest in July 1921
U 160 Middle U May 26, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to France, scrapped in Cherburg
U 161 Middle U June 29, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, run aground in 1921 en route to dismantling
U 162 Middle U July 31, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to France, served as Pierre Marast in the French Navy until January 27, 1937
U 163 Middle U August 21, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in La Spezia in August 1919
U 164 Middle U October 17, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
U 165 Middle U November 6, 1918 November 18, 1918 x Sunk on handover ( 53 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 53 ′  E ), lifted and scrapped on February 21, 1919
U 166 Middle U March 21, 1919 March 21, 1919 § Delivered to France, served as Jean Roulier in the French Navy until July 24, 1935
U 167 Middle U April 18, 1919 April 18, 1919 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Grays in 1921

UA

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
UA UA August 14, 1914 November 24, 1918 § Originally built as A 5 for Norway (Norwegian A-Class A 2 to A 5 ), confiscated when war broke out and put into German service (similar to UA (1939)), internally also referred to as U 0 . Delivered to France, broken up in Toulon between 1920 and 1921.

Notes on the table:

  1. ↑ Anders Herzog: Delivered to England at the end of the war and scrapped in Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth . so Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1999, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 , p. 88.

UB 1 - UB 100

Submarines operating near the coast

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
UB 1 UB I January 29, 1915 July 9, 1918 † Collision with a mine near Caorlé, lifted on July 25, 1918, later delivered to Italy, scrapped near Pola in 1920
UB 2 UB I February 20, 1915 February 19, 1919 A. By on February 3rd, 1920 Hugo Stinnes GmbH scrapped
UB 3 UB I March 14, 1915 May 23, 1915 ? Lost in the Aegean (14 dead)
UB 4 UB I March 23, 1915 August 15, 1915 † In Yarmouth ( 52 ° 43 '  N , 2 ° 18'  O ) from the Q-Ship Inverlyon sunk (15 dead)
UB 5 UB I March 25, 1915 February 19, 1919 A. Wrecked in Lübeck in 1919
UB 6 UB I April 8, 1915 March 18, 1917 x Run aground on March 12, 1917, was interned in Hellevoetsluis and sank there, the wreck was extradited to France in 1919 and broken up in Brest in July 1921
UB 7 UB I May 6, 1915 September 27, 1916 × 15 nm (28 km) southeast of Varna at 43 ° 2 ′  N , 28 ° 6 ′  E in the Black Sea ran into a Bulgarian mine (15 dead)
UB 8 UB I April 23, 1915 February 25, 1919 § Delivered to France, broken up in Bizerta in August 1921
UB 9 UB I February 18, 1915 February 19, 1919 A. Wrecked in Lübeck in 1919
UB 10 UB I March 15, 1915 October 5, 1918 x Self-sunk when retreating from Belgium off the coast of Flanders ( 51 ° 21 ′  N , 3 ° 12 ′  E )
UB 11 UB I March 4, 1915 February 19, 1919 A. Wrecked on February 3rd, 1920 in Stinnes
UB 12 UB I March 29, 1915 August 1918 ? Sank in the North Sea between 19 and 24 August 1918 for unknown reasons (19 dead)
UB 13 UB I April 6, 1915 April 24, 1916 † Trapped in a mine net and sunk off the Belgian coast ( 51 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E ) (17 dead)
UB 14 UB I March 25, 1915 November 25, 1918 § Disarmed in Sevastopol, scrapped in 1920
UB 15 UB I April 11, 1915 § Wrecked in Pola in 1919
UB 16 UB I May 12, 1915 May 10, 1918 † Torpedoed by British submarine E34 ( 52 ° 6 ′  N , 2 ° 1 ′  E ) (15 dead, 1 survivor)
UB 17 UB I May 4, 1915 March 15, 1918 ? Lost since March 15, 1918 (21 dead)
UB 18 UB II December 10, 1915 December 9, 1917 † Rammed and sunk by the fishing boat Ben Lawer in the English Channel ( 49 ° 17 ′  N , 5 ° 47 ′  W ) (24 dead)
UB 19 UB II December 16, 1915 November 30, 1916 † Sunk by the Penshurst submarine trap ( 49 ° 56 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W ) (8 dead, 16 survivors)
UB 20 UB II February 8, 1916 July 28, 1917 † Collision with a mine ( 51 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 38 ′  E ) (13 dead)
UB 21 UB II February 18, 1916 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, sank in 1920 en route for dismantling
UB 22 UB II March 1, 1916 January 19, 1918 † Run into mine near Heligoland ( 54 ° 27 ′  N , 6 ° 35 ′  E ) (22 dead)
UB 23 UB II March 11, 1916 July 29, 1917 § After heavy damage from PC 60 in La Coruna interned
UB 24 UB II November 18, 1915 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Brest in July 1921
UB 25 UB II December 11, 1915 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Canning Town in 1922. There is a memorial for UB 25 at the Nordfriedhof Kiel . Image of the memorial
UB 26 UB II December 27, 1915 April 5, 1916 † Caught in the net of the French destroyer waterspout , appeared and was subsequently sunk (21 survivors), later lifted by the French Navy, repaired and on August 3, 1916 as Roland Morillot put into service
UB 27 UB II February 23, 1916 July 29, 1917 † Rammed into the Hoofden south of Lowestoft by HMS Halcyon (22 dead)
UB 28 UB II January 7, 1916 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Bo'ness in 1919
UB 29 UB II January 18, 1916 December 18, 1916 † Presumably sank in December 1916 for reasons that are still unclear. (22 dead)

In June 2017, the almost undamaged wreck was found in the coastal waters near Ostend and identified as UB-29 in November 2017.

UB 30 UB II March 16, 1916 August 13, 1918 † Sunk by British fishing steamer in the southern North Sea ( 54 ° 32 ′  N , 0 ° 36 ′  E ) (26 dead)
UB 31 UB II March 24, 1916 May 2, 1918 † Mine hit in Dover Lock ( 51 ° 1 ′  N , 1 ° 16 ′  E ) (26 dead)
UB 32 UB II April 10, 1916 September 22, 1917 ? Presumably sunk after being bombed by a British plane ( 51 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  E ) (23 dead)
UB 33 UB II April 20, 1916 April 11, 1918 † Collision with a mine in the Dover Lock ( 50 ° 55 ′  N , 1 ° 17 ′  E ) (28 dead)
UB 34 UB II May 17, 1916 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Canning Town in 1922
UB 35 UB II April 17, 1916 January 26, 1918 † Sunk by HMS Leven ( 51 ° 3 ′  N , 1 ° 46 ′  E ) (26 dead, 2 survivors)
UB 36 UB II May 22, 1916 May 21, 1917 † Rammed by the French steamer Molière ( 48 ° 42 ′  N , 5 ° 14 ′  W ) (23 dead)
UB 37 UB II June 10, 1916 January 14, 1917 † Sunk by the Penshurst submarine trap ( 50 ° 7 ′  N , 1 ° 47 ′  W ) (21 dead)
UB 38 UB II July 18, 1916 February 8, 1918 † On the run from destroyers, ran into a mine in the Dover Lock ( 50 ° 56 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  E ) and exploded (27 dead)
UB 39 UB II April 28, 1916 April 1917 ? Sunk on April 23 or 24, 1917 (24 dead)
UB 40 UB II August 18, 1916 October 5, 1918 x Sunk by myself when retreating from Belgium near Ostend ( 51 ° 13 ′  N , 2 ° 56 ′  E ).
UB 41 UB II August 25, 1916 October 5, 1917 † Collision with a mine north of Scarborough (24 dead)
UB 42 UB II March 23, 1916 November 16, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, scrapped in Malta in 1920
UB 43 UB II April 24, 1916 November 6, 1918 § From August 1917 U 43 of the Austro-Hungarian Navy ; interned in Kotor, extradited to Italy, broken up in Venice in 1919
UB 44 UB II May 11, 1916 4th August 1916 ? Lost in the Aegean on or after August 4, 1916 (24 dead)
UB 45 UB II May 26, 1916 November 6, 1916 † Near Varna ( 43 ° 12 ′  N , 28 ° 9 ′  E ) collision with a mine (15 dead, 5 survivors)
UB 46 UB II June 12, 1916 December 7, 1916 † Collision with a mine in the Bosporus ( 41 ° 26 ′  N , 28 ° 35 ′  E ) (20 dead)
UB 47 UB II 4th July 1916 1919 § From August 1917 U 47 of the Austro-Hungarian Navy ; interned in Kotor, extradited to France, broken up in 1920
UB 48 UB III June 11, 1917 October 28, 1918 x Sunk in the surrender of Austria-Hungary at Pola ( 44 ° 52 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E )
UB 49 UB III June 28, 1917 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 50 UB III July 12, 1917 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 51 UB III July 26, 1917 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 52 UB III August 9, 1917 May 23, 1918 † Torpedoed by British submarine H 4 ( 41 ° 36 ′  N , 18 ° 52 ′  E ) (32 dead, 2 survivors)
UB 53 UB III August 21, 1917 August 3, 1918 † Collision with two mines ( 39 ° 40 ′  N , 18 ° 40 ′  E ) (10 dead, unknown number of survivors)
UB 54 UB III June 12, 1917 March 1, 1918 ? Lost on March 1, 1918 while on patrol
UB 55 UB III July 1, 1917 April 22, 1918 † Collision with a mine at Dover Lock ( 51 ° 1 ′  N , 1 ° 20 ′  E ) (23 dead, 6 survivors)
UB 56 UB III July 19, 1917 December 19, 1917 † Collision with a mine at Dover Lock ( 50 ° 58 ′  N , 1 ° 21 ′  E ) (37 dead)
UB 57 UB III July 30, 1917 August 14, 1918 † Collision with a mine off the coast of Flanders at 51 ° 56 ′  N , 2 ° 2 ′  E (34 dead)
UB 58 UB III August 10, 1917 March 10, 1918 † Collision with a mine in the Dover Lock ( 51 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 19 ′  E ) (35 dead)
UB 59 UB III August 25, 1917 October 5, 1918 x Sunk at Zeebrugge during the retreat from Belgium ( 51 ° 19 ′  N , 3 ° 12 ′  E )
UB 60 UB III June 6, 1917 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, scrapped in 1921
UB 61 UB III June 23, 1917 November 29, 1917 † A collision with the British submarine E 51 set Mine ( 53 ° 25 '  N , 4 ° 58'  O ) (34 dead)
UB 62 UB III July 9, 1917 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 63 UB III July 23, 1917 January 14, 1918 ? Sunk on January 28, 1918 in the Firth of Forth by depth charges from the British fishing steamers Cormorant IV and Young Fred (33 dead)
UB 64 UB III August 5, 1917 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Fareham in 1921
UB 65 UB III August 18, 1917 around July 14, 1918 ? Probably sunk by accident off Padstow, Cornwall , England (37 dead)
UB 66 UB III August 1, 1917 January 18, 1918 ? Lost in the Eastern Mediterranean (30 dead)
UB 67 UB III August 23, 1917 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 68 UB III 4th July 1917 October 4, 1918 † In the Mediterranean east of Malta ( 35 ° 56 '  N , 16 ° 20'  E ) damaged by gunfire from the attacked convoy so that the boat had to be abandoned and sunk (1 dead, 33 survivors).
UB 69 UB III December 12, 1917 January 9, 1918 † Destroyed in the Mediterranean Sea ( 37 ° 30 ′  N , 10 ° 38 ′  E ) by depth charges from the British Sloop Cyclamen (31 dead)
UB 70 UB III October 29, 1917 May 5, 1918 ? Lost on the way to Kotor
UB 71 UB III November 23, 1917 April 21, 1918 † Sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ( 35 ° 58 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  W ) by depth charges from motorboat ML 413 (32 dead)
UB 72 UB III November 9, 1917 May 12, 1918 † Torpedoed by British submarine D 4 in the English Channel ( 50 ° 8 ′  N , 2 ° 14 ′  W ) (34 dead)
UB 73 UB III October 2, 1917 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up near Brest in July 1921
UB 74 UB III October 24, 1917 May 26, 1918 † Sunk near Flanders ( 50 ° 32 ′  N , 2 ° 32 ′  W ) by the depth charge of the British patrol yacht Lorna (35 dead)
UB 75 UB III September 11, 1917 December 1917 ? Presumably on December 10, 1917 collision with mine ( 54 ° 5 ′  N , 0 ° 10 ′  E ) (34 dead)
UB 76 UB III September 23, 1917 February 12, 1919 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Rochester in 1922
UB 77 UB III October 2, 1917 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 78 UB III October 20, 1917 April 19, 1918 † Collision with a mine in Dover Lock ( 51 ° 1 ′  N , 1 ° 17 ′  E ) (35 dead)
UB 79 UB III October 27, 1917 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 80 UB III February 14, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in La Spezia in May 1919
UB 81 UB III September 18, 1917 December 2, 1917 † Walked on mine ( 50 ° 27 ′  N , 0 ° 53 ′  W ) (29 dead)
UB 82 UB III October 2, 1917 April 17, 1918 † Sunk in the Irish Sea ( 55 ° 13 ′  N , 5 ° 55 ′  W ) by depth charges and artillery from the British fishing steamers Pilotme and Young Fred (32 dead)
UB 83 UB III October 15, 1917 September 10, 1918 † Sunk by the British destroyer HMS Ophelia by depth charges off the Orkney Islands ( 58 ° 28 ′  N , 1 ° 50 ′  W ) (37 dead)
UB 84 UB III October 31, 1917 November 26, 1918 § Sunk near Ostend on December 7, 1917, recovered by the lift ship SMS Vulkan , delivered to France on November 26, 1918, broken up in Brest in 1921. There is a memorial for UB 84 at the Nordfriedhof Kiel . Image of the memorial
UB 85 UB III November 24, 1917 April 30, 1918 † Sunk in the Irish Sea ( 54 ° 47 ′  N , 5 ° 27 ′  W ) by artillery fire from the British fishing liner Coreopsis (no dead, 34 survivors)
UB 86 UB III November 10, 1917 November 24, 1918 § Stranded near Falmouth on transfer to Great Britain and broken up there in 1921
UB 87 UB III December 27, 1917 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Brest in July 1921
UB 88 UB III January 26, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Extradited to the United States, in an exercise by artillery fire of the destroyer on January 3, 1921 USS Wilkes sunk
UB 89 UB III February 25, 1918 October 30, 1918 § Sunk on October 21, 1918 in Kiel after colliding with the small cruiser Frankfurt , recovered from the lifting ship Cyclop on October 30, 1918 , driven off on the delivery voyage to England on March 7, 1919, brought into the Ijmuiden and broken up in Dordrecht in 1920
UB 90 UB III March 21, 1918 October 16, 1918 † Torpedoed by British submarine L 12 in Skagerrak ( 57 ° 55 ′  N , 10 ° 27 ′  E ) (38 dead)
UB 91 UB III April 11, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up at Briton Ferry in 1921
UB 92 UB III April 27, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Bo'ness between 1919 and 1920
UB 93 UB III May 15, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Rochester in 1922
UB 94 UB III June 1, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to France, Trinité Schillemans served in the French Navy until it was dismantled in 1935
UB 95 UB III June 20, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in La Spezia in August 1919
UB 96 UB III July 2, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Bo'ness between 1919 and 1920
UB 97 UB III July 26, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Stranded near Falmouth on transfer to Great Britain and broken up there in 1921
UB 98 UB III August 8, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, scrapped in Portmadoc in 1922
UB 99 UB III September 4, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to France, served as a Carissan in the French Navy until it was dismantled in 1935
UB 100 UB III September 17, 1918 October 22, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Dordrecht in 1922

UB 101 - UB 155

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
UB 101 UB III October 30, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Felixstowe between 1919 and 1920
UB 102 UB III October 17, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in La Spezia in July 1919
UB 103 UB III December 5, 1917 August 14, 1918 † Collision with a mine off the coast of Flanders (37 dead)
UB 104 UB III March 15, 1918 September 21, 1918 ? Lost in the North Sea, possibly colliding with a mine in the Northern Barrage (36 dead)
UB 105 UB III January 5, 1918 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, scrapped in Felixstowe in 1922
UB 106 UB III February 7, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Sunk due to a diving accident in the Baltic Sea on March 15, 1918, recovered from the volcano lifting ship on March 18, 1918 , overtaken and delivered to the United Kingdom on November 26, 1918, broken up there after being stranded at Falmouth in 1921
UB 107 UB III February 16, 1918 July 28, 1918 ? Sunk at Flamborough Head ( 54 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 0 ′  E ) between July 28, 1918 and August 3, 1918 , possibly colliding with a mine (38 dead)
UB 108 UB III March 1, 1918 July 1918 ? High probability of collision with a mine off the coast of Flanders (36 dead)
UB 109 UB III December 31, 1917 August 29, 1918 † Collision with a mine in Dover Lock ( 51 ° 3 ′  N , 1 ° 44 ′  E ) (28 dead, 8 survivors)
UB 110 UB III March 23, 1918 July 19, 1918 † Sunk by the British motor boats ML 263 , ML 49 and the destroyer Garry in the North Sea ( 51 ° 4 ′  N , 1 ° 14 ′  E ) (13 dead, unknown number of survivors)
UB 111 UB III April 5, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Bo'ness between 1919 and 1920
UB 112 UB III April 16, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Stranded near Falmouth on transfer to Great Britain and broken up there in 1921
UB 113 UB III April 25, 1918 September 14, 1918 ? Lost in the English Channel (39 dead)
UB 114 UB III May 4, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Sunk in the port of Kiel on May 13, 1918, lifted, delivered to France on November 26, 1918, used for underwater blast tests, scrapped in Toulon in July 1921
UB 115 UB III May 28, 1918 September 29, 1918 † Sunk in the North Sea ( 55 ° 14 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W ) by the British destroyers Ouse and Star , 3 fish steamers and the airship R 29 using water and air bombs (39 dead)
UB 116 UB III May 24, 1918 October 28, 1918 † While trying to penetrate Scapa Flow, the boat was discovered in Hoxa Sound (main access) and sunk by remote ignition of a mine barrier and depth charges (36 dead).
UB 117 UB III June 6, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Felixstowe between 1919 and 1920
UB 118 UB III January 22, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, believed to have sunk at Falmouth on November 21, 1920
UB 119 UB III February 9, 1918 May 5, 1918 † Between Rathlin and the Irish coast ( 55 ° 16 ′  N , 6 ° 24 ′  W ) rammed by the steamer Green Island (34 dead)
UB 120 UB III March 23, 1918 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 121 UB III February 10, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to France, used for underwater explosion tests, broken up in Toulon in July 1921
UB 122 UB III March 4, 1918 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, sunk on the British east coast en route to the wreck site in 1921. In December 2013, the wreck was after a storm in the estuary of the river Medway : flushed, current location '50.4 "51 ° 25  N , 0 ° 37' 55"  O .
UB 123 UB III April 6, 1918 October 19, 1918 ? High probability of colliding with a mine in the Northern Barrage (36 dead)
UB 124 UB III April 22, 1918 July 20, 1918 † Sunk by artillery fire and depth charges in the Irish Sea after the Justicia (32,234 GRT) was torpedoed by the British destroyers HMS Marne , HMS Milbrook and HMS Pigeon (2 dead, 32 survivors)
UB 125 UB III May 18, 1918 November 20, 1918 § Delivered to Japan, served as Maru 6 ( Japanese ○ 六 潜水 艦 , maru roku sensuikan ) in the Japanese Navy from 1920 to 1921, dismantled in Kure in 1921
UB 126 UB III April 20, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to France, used for underwater explosion tests, broken up in Toulon in July 1921
UB 127 UB III June 1, 1918 September 9, 1918 ? Probably between 9 and 30 September 1918 collision with a mine south of Fair Isle (34 dead)
UB 128 UB III May 11, 1918 February 3, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1921
UB 129 UB III June 11, 1918 October 30, 1918 x Self-demolition at the abandonment of Fiume ( 45 ° 19 ′  N , 14 ° 26 ′  E )
UB 130 UB III June 28, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to France, used for underwater blast tests, broken up in Toulon in July 1921
UB 131 UB III 4th July 1918 November 24, 1918 § Stranded near Hastings on transfer to Great Britain and broken up there in 1921
UB 132 UB III July 25, 1918 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1921
UB 142 UB III August 31, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Extradited to France, in July 1921 in Landerneau scrapped
UB 143 UB III October 3, 1918 November 13, 1918 § Interned in Karlskrona (Sweden), extradited to Japan on November 26, 1918, served in the Japanese Navy between 1920 and 1921 as Maru 7 ( Japanese ○ 七 u 艦 , maru nana sensuikan ), partly broken up in Yokosuka in June 1921
UB 144 UB III March 27, 1919 March 27, 1919 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Rochester in 1922
UB 145 UB III March 27, 1919 March 27, 1919 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Rochester in 1922
UB 148 UB III September 19, 1918 November 13, 1918 § Interned in Karlskrona (Sweden), extradited to the United States on November 26, 1918, sunk during an exercise by artillery fire from the US destroyer Sicard
UB 149 UB III October 22, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922
UB 150 UB III March 27, 1919 April 20, 1919 § Delivery of the buoyant hull to the United Kingdom, broken up in Rochester in 1922
UB 154 UB III March 9, 1919 March 9, 1919 § Delivered to France, broken up in Brest in July 1921
UB 155 UB III March 9, 1919 March 9, 1919 § Delivered to France, Jean Corre served in the French Navy until it was dismantled in 1936

UC

Mine-layer submarines

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
UC 1 UC I July 5, 1915 July 19, 1917 ? Presumably collision with a mine near Nieuport (17 dead)
UC 2 UC I May 17, 1915 June 30, 1915 x Destroyed by own mine during laying off Yarmouth 52 ° 28 ′  N , 1 ° 48 ′  E (15 dead)
UC 3 UC I June 1, 1915 May 27, 1916 ? Lost during the laying of mines off Zeebrugge 51 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 8 ′  E , probably mine or diving accident (18 dead)
UC 4 UC I June 10, 1915 October 5, 1918 x Self-scuttling during the evacuation of Belgium off Flanders ( 51 ° 22 ′  N , 3 ° 12 ′  E )
UC 5 UC I June 19, 1915 April 27, 1916 § Went at Shipwash Shoal on sandbank ( 51 ° 58 ′  N , 1 ° 38 ′  E ), unsuccessful self-sinking, submarine recovered by the British and used as an advertisement for war bonds (15 survivors)
UC 6 UC I June 24, 1915 September 27, 1917 † Dissolved in North Foreland ( 51 ° 30 '  N , 0 ° 34'  O ) in British minefield eight explosions (16 dead)
UC 7 UC I July 9, 1915 July 5, 1916 ? Probably ran into mine in a British minefield off Zeebrugge ( 51 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 35 ′  E ), but a diving accident cannot be ruled out (18 deaths)
UC 8 UC I July 5, 1915 November 4, 1915 x Run aground off the Dutch coast ( 52 ° 23 ′  N , 5 ° 5 ′  E ), crew interned in Nieuwediep and Alkmaar, then served as M 1 in the Dutch Navy until it was dismantled in 1932
UC 9 UC I July 15, 1915 October 20, 1915 ? When mining around the Long Sands lightship ( 51 ° 47 ′  N , 1 ° 37 ′  W ), probably sunk by our own mine (14 dead)
UC 10 UC I July 17, 1915 August 21, 1916 † In the Schouwenbank ( 52 ° 2 '  N , 3 ° 54'  O ) from the British submarine E 54 torpedoes (18 dead)
UC 11 UC II April 23, 1915 June 26, 1918 † Run down in the Strait of Dover ( 51 ° 23 ′  N , 3 ° 11 ′  E ) on mine (surviving commander suspected German mine, which UC 11 had moved earlier) (18 dead, 1 survivor)
UC 12 UC II May 2, 1915 March 16, 1916 x Sunk by his own mine during the mining of the port of Taranto (15 dead), served as an X-1 in the Italian Navy after salvage by Italy
UC 13 UC II May 15, 1915 November 29, 1915 x Got aground as a result of a broken compass and sank east of the Bosporus ( 41 ° 9 ′  N , 30 ° 30 ′  E ) (no deaths)
UC 14 UC II June 5, 1915 October 3, 1917 † Ran off Zeebrugge ( 51 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 43 ′  E ) on mine (17 dead)
UC 15 UC II June 28, 1915 November 30, 1916 ? Vanished without a trace during the mining of the Danube estuary near Sulina (15 dead)
UC 16 UC II June 26, 1915 October 1917 ? Probably ran into a mine off Zeebrugge (27 dead)
UC 17 UC II July 21, 1916 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, scrapped in Preston between 1919 and 1920
UC 18 UC II August 15, 1916 February 19, 1917 † In the English Channel ( 49 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 34 ′  W ), sunk by the artillery of the Lady Olive submarine trap torpedoed by UC 18 (28 dead)
UC 19 UC II August 22, 1916 December 6, 1916 † Off Irish south coast ( 49 ° 41 ′  N , 6 ° 31 ′  W ), sunk by HMS Ariel's explosive device (25 dead)
UC 20 UC II September 7, 1916 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, scrapped in Preston between 1919 and 1920
UC 21 UC II September 12, 1916 September 30, 1917 ? Missing in the English Channel (27 dead)
UC 22 UC II June 30, 1916 February 3, 1919 § Extradited to France, in July 1921 in Landerneau scrapped
UC 23 UC II July 17, 1916 November 25, 1918 § Interned in Sevastopol (Russia), extradited to France, broken up in Bizarta in August 1921
UC 24 UC II August 15, 1916 May 24, 1917 † In Bocce Cattaro ( 42 ° 6 '  N , 18 ° 9'  O ) of French submarine Circe torpedoes (24 dead, unknown number of survivors)
UC 25 UC II June 28, 1916 October 28, 1918 x Taken over by Austria-Hungary, put into service as U 89 in the Austro-Hungarian Navy and when Polas abandoned it self-detonated ( 44 ° 52 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E )
UC 26 UC II July 18, 1917 May 8, 1917 † Before Calais ( 51 ° 3 '  N , 1 ° 40'  O ) by ramming of HMS Milne sunk (24 dead, 2 survivors)
UC 27 UC II July 25, 1916 February 3, 1919 § Delivered to France, broken up in Landerneau in July 1921
UC 28 UC II August 6, 1916 February 12, 1919 § Delivered to France, broken up
UC 29 UC II August 15, 1916 June 7, 1917 † South of Ireland ( 51 ° 50 ′  N , 11 ° 50 ′  W ) sunk by artillery fire from the Pargust submarine trap (23 dead, 2 survivors)
UC 30 UC II August 22, 1916 April 21, 1917 ? Before Hoorns Reef ( 55 ° 20 '  N , 7 ° 15'  O ), collision (27 dead), located with a lead of a newly installed British minefield on August 19 2016th
UC 31 UC II September 2, 1916 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Canning Town in 1922
UC 32 UC II September 13, 1916 February 23, 1917 x Sunk in front of Roker Pier lighthouse ( 55 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 20 ′  W ) by our own mine (19 dead, 3 survivors)
UC 33 UC II September 25, 1916 September 26, 1917 † Sunk in St. Georgs Canal ( 51 ° 55 ′  N , 6 ° 14 ′  W ) by ramming patrol boat PC 61 (27 dead, 1 survivor)
UC 34 UC II September 25, 1916 October 30, 1918 § Taken over by Austria-Hungary, put into service as U 74 in the Austro-Hungarian Navy and when Polas abandoned it self-detonated ( 44 ° 52 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E )
UC 35 UC II October 2, 1916 May 17, 1918 † Sunk in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Sardinia ( 39 ° 48 ′  N , 7 ° 42 ′  E ) by fire from the French patrol boat Ailly (20 dead, 6 survivors)
UC 36 UC II November 3, 1916 May 19, 1917 ? Lost in the English Channel (27 dead)
UC 37 UC II October 17, 1916 November 25, 1918 § Interned in Sevastopol (Russia), extradited to the United Kingdom in 1919 and scrapped in Malta in 1920
UC 38 UC II October 19, 1916 December 14, 1917 † Sunk in the Aegean Sea in the Gulf of Corinth ( 38 ° 15 ′  N , 22 ° 22 ′  E ) by depth charges from the French destroyers Lansquenet and Mameluk (9 dead, 25 survivors)
UC 39 UC II October 29, 1916 February 8, 1917 † Sunk off Flamborough ( 53 ° 56 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  E ) by depth charges and shelling of the HMS Thrasher (7 dead, 19 survivors, including 2 British prisoners of war)
UC 40 UC II October 1, 1916 January 21, 1919 § Sunk on the extradition voyage to the United Kingdom on January 21, 1919 (1 dead)
UC 41 UC II October 11, 1916 August 21, 1917 x In the Tay estuary ( 56 ° 25 ′  N , 2 ° 35 ′  W ) when escaping from patrol boats ran into own mine (27 dead)
UC 42 UC II November 18, 1916 September 10, 1917 x Sunk by own mine (27 dead) off Cork ( 51 ° 44 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  W ), salvage of the mines planned for 2015
UC 43 UC II October 25, 1916 March 10, 1917 † Torpedoed by the British submarine G 13 near the Shetland Islands ( 60 ° 57 ′  N , 1 ° 11 ′  W ) (26 dead)
UC 44 UC II November 4, 1916 4th August 1917 † Before Waterford ( 52 ° 7 ′  N , 6 ° 59 ′  W ) due to a manipulated radio message, a report of the clearance of a minefield by the British Naval Intelligence Service, drove into it and collided with a mine laid by UC 42 (28 dead, 1 survivor)
UC 45 UC II September 15, 1916 November 24, 1917 § Sunk in a diving accident in the North Sea ( 54 ° 9 ′  N , 7 ° 35 ′  E ) (35 dead), recovered on April 11, 1918 from the lift vessel Oberelbe , extradited to the United Kingdom on November 24, 1918 and in between 1919 and 1920 in Wrecked Preston
UC 46 UC II September 15, 1916 February 8, 1917 † Sunk by HMS Liberty at Goodwin Sands ( 51 ° 7 ′  N , 1 ° 39 ′  E ) (23 dead)
UC 47 UC II October 13, 1916 November 18, 1917 † Sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough ( 54 ° 3 ′  N , 1 ° 31 ′  E ) by the impact of the British patrol ship P 57 (28 dead)
UC 48 UC II November 6, 1916 March 23, 1918 § Was interned in Ferrol (Spain), after which it was badly damaged by HMS Loyal with depth charges on March 20, 1918 , sunk on the delivery voyage on March 15, 1919
UC 49 UC II December 2, 1916 August 8, 1918 † Sunk at Start Point ( 50 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 30 ′  W ) by depth charges from HMS Opossum (31 dead)
UC 50 UC II December 21, 1916 January 7, 1918 ? Missing in the Bay of Biscay (29 dead)
UC 51 UC II January 6, 1917 November 17, 1917 † Collided with British mine in the English Channel off Start Point ( 50 ° 8 ′  N , 3 ° 42 ′  W ) (29 dead)
UC 52 UC II March 15, 1917 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Morecambe between 1919 and 1920
UC 53 UC II April 5, 1917 October 28, 1918 x Taken over by Austria-Hungary, put into service as U 95 in the Austro-Hungarian Navy and when Polas abandoned it self-detonated ( 44 ° 52 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E )
UC 54 UC II May 10, 1917 October 28, 1918 x Taken over by Austria-Hungary, put into service as U 96 in the Austro-Hungarian Navy and self-detonated when Trieste was abandoned ( 44 ° 52 ′  N , 13 ° 50 ′  E )
UC 55 UC II November 15, 1916 September 29, 1917 x Sunk before Lerwick ( 60 ° 2 ′  N , 1 ° 2 ′  W ) due to technical failure of the trim cells (10 dead, unknown number of survivors)
UC 56 UC II December 18, 1916 May 24, 1918 § Was interned in Santander (Spain) after being damaged by the USS Christabel , extradited to France on March 26, 1919, broken up in Rochefort in 1923
UC 57 UC II January 22, 1917 November 1917 ? Presumably collision with a Russian mine in the Gulf of Finland (27 dead)
UC 58 UC II March 18, 1916 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Cherburg in 1921
UC 59 UC II May 12, 1917 November 21, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Bo'ness between 1919 and 1920
UC 60 UC II June 25, 1917 February 23, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Rainham in 1921
UC 61 UC II December 13, 1916 July 26, 1917 x Stranded near Boulogne ( 50 ° 53 ′  N , 1 ° 37 ′  E ), flooded and self-sunk (26 survivors)
UC 62 UC II January 8, 1917 October 14, 1917 ? Lost while the mines were laid off Portland, presumably collision with a mine (30 dead)
UC 63 UC II January 30, 1917 November 1, 1917 † In the English Channel in Goodwin ( 51 ° 23 '  N , 2 ° 0'  O ) from the British submarine E 52 sunk (26 dead, 1 survivor)
UC 64 UC II February 22, 1917 June 20, 1918 † Collision with a mine in the Dover Barrier 50 ° 58 ′  N , 1 ° 23 ′  E , then final sinking by depth charges from the coastal defense ship Loyal Friend (30 dead)
UC 65 UC II November 10, 1916 November 3, 1917 † Torpedoed by British submarine C 16 in the English Channel ( 50 ° 31 ′  N , 0 ° 27 ′  E ) (22 dead, 5 survivors)
UC 66 UC II November 14, 1916 June 12, 1917 † Sunk in the English Channel off The Lizard ( 49 ° 56 ′  N , 5 ° 10 ′  W ) by depth charges from the British trawler Sea King (23 dead)
UC 67 UC II December 10, 1916 January 16, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, scrapped at Brighton Ferry between 1919 and 1920
UC 68 UC II December 17, 1916 March 13, 1917 x Run into own mine in the English Channel ( 50 ° 17 ′  N , 3 ° 32 ′  W ) (27 dead)
UC 69 UC II December 22, 1916 December 6, 1917 x Rammed by U 96 in the English Channel off Cape Barfleur ( 50 ° 17 ′  N , 3 ° 32 ′  W ) (11 dead, 18 survivors)
UC 70 UC II November 20, 1916 August 28, 1918 † Sunk off the east coast of England ( 50 ° 17 ′  N , 3 ° 32 ′  W ) by aerial bombs from a British aircraft and depth charges from the British destroyer Ouse (31 dead)
UC 71 UC II November 28, 1916 February 20, 1919 § Sank on the delivery trip ( 54 ° 10 ′  N , 7 ° 54 ′  E )
UC 72 UC II December 5, 1916 August 21, 1917 ? Lost between the Bay of Biscay and the coast of Flanders after August 21, 1917 (31 dead)
UC 73 UC II December 24, 1916 January 6, 1919 § Delivered to the UK, scrapped at Brighton Ferry between 1919 and 1920
UC 74 UC II November 26, 1916 November 21, 1918 § Was interned in Barcelona (Spain) due to lack of fuel , extradited to France on March 26, 1919, broken up in Toulon in July 1921
UC 75 UC II December 6, 1916 May 31, 1918 † Off the British coast ( 53 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 9'  O ) from the steamer Blaydonian damaged by ramming and by a further ramming of HMS Fairy sunk (19 dead, 14 survivors)
UC 76 UC II December 17, 1916 November 13, 1918 § Sunk on May 10, 1917 by own mine, recovered the same day from the lift ship Oberelbe , interned in Karlskrona (Sweden) on November 13, 1918, extradited to the United Kingdom on November 26, 1918, broken up in Briton Ferry between 1919 and 1920
UC 77 UC II December 29, 1916 July 1918 † Collision with a mine off the coast of Flanders in late July 1918 (30 dead)
UC 78 UC II January 10, 1917 May 9, 1918 † sunk in the English Channel near Cherbourg ( 49 ° 49 ′  N , 1 ° 40 ′  W ) by the British troop carrier Queen Alexandra (29 dead)
UC 79 UC II January 22, 1917 April 1918 † Near Griz Nez (France) collision with a mine in the Dover Barrier (probably in the first week of April 1918, 30 dead)
UC 90 UC III July 15, 1918 December 1, 1918 § Delivered to Japan, served from 1920 to 1921 as Maru 4 ( Japanese ○ 四 潜水 艦 , maru yon sensuikan ) in the Japanese Navy, partially scrapped in Kure in 1921, used as a target in the Kure submarine school from December 1924 to December 1926 , then scrapped
UC 91 UC III July 31, 1918 February 10, 1918 § Sunk in the Baltic Sea ( 54 ° 21 ′  N , 10 ° 10 ′  E ) after a collision with the German merchant ship Alexandra Woermann (17 dead), recovered from the lifting ship Vulkan on September 10, 1918 , on February 10, 1919 during the delivery voyage in the North Sea decreased
UC 92 UC III August 14, 1918 November 24, 1918 § Stranded near Falmouth on transfer to Great Britain and broken up there in 1921
UC 93 UC III August 22, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in La Spezia in April 1919
UC 94 UC III August 31, 1918 November 26, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in Taranto in April 1919
UC 95 UC III September 16, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Fareham in 1922
UC 96 UC III September 25, 1918 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Morecambe between 1919 and 1920
UC 97 UC III September 3, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the United States, sunk after an exhibition tour in the United States on June 7, 1921 by fire from the US artillery school boat Willmette in Lake Michigan during an exercise
UC 98 UC III September 10, 1918 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to Italy, broken up in La Spezia in April 1919
UC 99 UC III September 20, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to Japan, served as Maru 5 ( Japanese ○ 五 潜水 艦 , maru go sensuikan ) in the Japanese Navy from 1920 to 1921, partially scrapped in Yokosuka between March and June 1921, used as a target for torpedo exercises in October 1921
UC 100 UC III September 30, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Cherburg in July 1921
UC 101 UC III October 8, 1918 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Dordrecht in 1922
UC 102 UC III October 14, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the United Kingdom, broken up in Dordrecht in 1922
UC 103 UC III October 21, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Cherburg in 1921
UC 104 UC III October 18, 1918 November 24, 1918 § Delivered to France, broken up in Brest in July 1921
UC 105 UC III October 28, 1918 November 22, 1918 § Delivered to the UK, broken up in Swansea in 1922

UD 1

Turbine powered submarine cruiser for trade war

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
UD 1 UD 1 only construction preparation not happened A. only construction preparation, keel laying should take place in November 1918

See also

literature

  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag Hans Jürgen Hansen, 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
  • Harald Fock: Fleet Chronicle. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7822-0788-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Find off the British coast: researchers identify a German submarine wreck. In: Spiegel Online . January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b U-boats' last resting place found . , BBC , November 22, 2006
  3. ↑ Dutch navy finds sunken German submarine - huffingtonpost.com ( memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on March 16, 2011
  4. ^ Jens Gustav Arndt: From field railways and barracks buildings. The history of the Hanau railway regiments 1907–1919 . Hanau 2013, p. 26f.
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