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The history of the German submarine - the U-boat from the torpedoinspektion development of 1910 and the u-boats of the German Imperial Navy of world war I to the German Kriegsmarine u-boats of world war II.

Top U-Boat Commanders by total tonnage of ships sunk.
1. Kapitanleutnant Lothar Arnauld de la Periere  453,700 tons
2. Kapitanleutnant Walther Forstmann  384,300 tons
3. Kapitanleutnant Max Valentiner  299,300 tons
4. Korvettenkapitan Otto Kretchmer  263,600 tons
5. Kapitanleutnant Otto Steinbrink  231,614 tons
6. Korvettenkapitan Wolfgang Luth  228,400 tons
7. Kapitanleutnant Hans Rose 213,900 tons
8. Fregattenkapitan Victor Schutze 212,000 tons 

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Unknown U-Boat crew.

Contributed by Mark.

Unknown U-Boat crew.

Contributed by Mark.

Crew member of a torpedo boat.

Contributed by Mark.

U-Boat  Captain Otto Weddigen

The inside of a U-Boat.  Sent in by Alan Loose.

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UB57.. Can you help? I am trying to find information on UB57, I believe it was commanded by Ober Lt Johannes Loks. I believed it sink the Kyarra off the Dorset coast in 1918, and then went on to other missions. Unfortunately it was sunk in the North Sea after hitting a German mine in August 1918. If anyone has more information or photographs of UB57 or can confirm it sank the Kyarra, please contact me at terence.rogers@virgin.net 

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U Boat Pens at St Nazaire.

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German u-boots from left to right: U13, U5, U11, U8, U16 with U6, U12 and U9 at the back.

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German Submarine HowaltFrom The Romance of A Submarine by G Gibbard Jackson

U-135,  image supplied by contributor by email
 Can you identify either of these U-boats? If so, email military@militaryart.freeserve.co.uk 
Name Launch Date Fate
U1 4th August 1906 Used for training and then bought for the Deutsches Museum in 1921.

U1.

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U2 18th June 1908 Used for training. Broken up in 1919.

U2From The Romance of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson
U3 27th March 1909 Sunk on 1st December 1918.

U3From The Romance of A Submarine by (1919) G Gibbard Jackson

U3.

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U4 18th May 1909 Broken up in 1919.
U5 8th January 1910 Mined on 18th December 1914.
U6 18th May 1910 Hit by a torpedo from E16 on 15th September 1915.

U6From The Romance of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson
U7 28th July 1910 Sank after U22 torpedoed her on 21st January 1915.

Sinking of the German submarine U8 by HMS Maori on March 4, 1915. All crew from the U8 were saved and were uninjured. The photograph was taken by William Wallace King-Brown, medical officer aboard HMS Maori. Action took place off the Vame Light near Folkestone. Sent in by Robert King-Brown (grandson of William).

World War One German  U-Boat crew
U8 14th March 1911 Sunk by the British destroyers Maori and Gurkha on 4th March 1915.
U9 22nd February 1910 Broken up in 1919.

U9  viewed from SMS Von der Tann

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U9.

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U9.

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U10 24th January 1911 Lost sometime in May 1916, thought to have been mined.

U10From The Romance of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson

U10
U11 2nd April 1910 Mined on 9th December 1914.
U12 6th May 1910 Rammed by the British destroyer Ariel on 10th March 1915.
U13 16th December 1910 Sunk on 9th August 1914.
U14 11th July 1911 Rammed by the trawler Hawk on 2nd June 1915.
U15 18th September 1911 Rammed by the British light cruiser Birmingham on 9th August 1914.

U-Boat of the U9-16 class

U-Boat of the U9-16 class
U16 23rd August 1911 Foundered while being towed to England on 8th February 1919.
U17 16th April 1912 Served as a training ship from 1916 and broken up in 1919.

U15

U 18
U18 25th April 1912 Sunk by shore guns off Scapa Flow on 23rd November 1914.
U19 10th October 1912 Broken up in 1919.
U20 18th December 1912 Became grounded on 5th November 1916 and was eventually broken for scrap in 1925.
U21 8th February 1913 She foundered on 22nd February 1919.
U22 6th March 1913 Broken up in 1919.
U23 12th April 1913 Sunk by torpedoes from C27 on 20th July 1915.
U24 24th May 1913 Broken up in 1922.
U25 12th July 1913 Broken up in 1921.

U25

U25
U26 16th October 1913 Presumed mined sometime in September 1915.

U26.

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U27 14th July 1913 Sunk by the Q-ship Baralong on 19th August 1915.
U28 30th August 1913 Sunk on 2nd September 1917.

U28.  Photo published 1915.
U29 11th October 1913 She was rammed and sunk by HMS Dreadnought on 18th March 1915.
U30 15th November 1913 Broken up in 1919.
U31 7th January 1914 Sunk in January 1915
U32 28th January 1914 Sunk by HMS Wallflower on 8th May 1915.
U33 19th May 1914 Broken up in 1919.
U34 9th May 1914 Sunk by the Q-ship Privet on 9th November 1918.
U35 18th April 1914 Broken up in 1919 after a very successful career sinking 224 ships.

U35, 1916.

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U36 6th June 1914 Sunk by the Q-ship Prince Charles on 24th July 1915.

U36
U37 25th August 1914 Mined and sunk on 1st April 1915.
U38 9th September 1914 Broken up in 1921.
U39 26th September 1914 Broken up in 1923.
U40 22nd October 1914 Torpedoed and sunk by C24 on 23rd June 1915.
U41 10th October 1914 Sunk by the Q-ship Wyandra on 24th September 1915.
U43 26th September 1914 Broken up in 1922.
U44 15th October 1914 Rammed and sunk by the destroyer HMS Oracle on 12th August 1917.
U45 15th April 1915 Torpedoed and sunk by D7 on 12th September 1917.
U46 18th May 1915 Became the Japanese submarine O2 in 1920 then broken up in 1922.
U47 16th August 1915 Scuttled on 28th October 1918.
U48 3rd October 1915 Became grounded and was scuttled on 24th November 1917.
U49 26th November 1915 She was rammed and sunk on 11th September 1917.
U50 31st December 1915 Mined and sunk on 31st August 1917.
U51 25th November 1915 Sunk by torpedoes from the submarine H5 on 14th July 1916.
U52 8th December 1915 Broken up in 1922.

U-53 c1915
U53 1st February 1916 Broken up in 1922.
U54 22nd February 1916 Broken up in 1919.
U55 18th March 1916 Became the Japanese submarine O3 in 1919, then broken up in 1922.
U56 18th April 1916 Sunk on 2nd November 1916 by the Russian Navy.
U57 29th April 1916 Broken up in 1921.
U58 31st May 1916 She was sunk by USS Fanning and USS Nicholson on 17th November 1917.
U59 20th June 1916 Sunk by mines on 15th May 1917.
U60 5th July 1916 Grounded on 21st November 1918 subsequently broken up in 1921.
U61 22nd July 1916 Sunk by PC51 on 26th March 1918.
U62 2nd August  1916 Broken up in 1919.
U63 8th February 1916 Broken up in 1919.
U64 29th February 1916 Sunk by British sloop Lychnis and the armed boarding steamer Partridge II on 17th June 1918.
U65 21st March 1916 Scuttled on 28th October 1918.
U66 22nd April 1915 Sunk by British destroyers on 2nd October 1917.
U67 15th May 1915 Broken up in 1921.
U68 1st June 1915 Sunk by the Q-ship Farnborough on 22nd March 1916.
U69 24th June 1915 Sunk by British destroyer Patriot on 12th July 1917.
U70 20th July 1915 Broken up in 1919.
U71 31st October 1915 Broken up in 1921.
U72 31st October 1915 Scuttled on 1st November 1918.
U73 16th June 1915 Scuttled on 30th October 1918.
U74 10th August 1915 Sunk on 27th May 1916.
U75 30th January 1916 Sunk by mines on 14th December 1917.
U76 12th March 1916 Sunk by Russian Navy on 27th January 1917.
U77 9th January 1916 Sunk by British Navy on 7th July 1916.
U78 27th February 1916 Torpedoed and sunk by G2 on 28th October 1918.
U79 9th April 1916 Served with the French Navy as Victor Reveille until she was broken up in 1933.
U80 22nd April 1916 Broken up in 1922.
U81 24th June 1916 Torpedoed and sunk by E54 on 1st May 1917.
U82 1st July 1916 Broken up in 1919.
U83 13th July 1916 Sunk by Q-ship Farnborough on 17th February 1917.
U84 22nd July 1916 Rammed and sunk by P62 on 26th January 1918.
U85 22nd August 1916 Sunk by the Q-ship Privet on 12th March 1917.
U86 7th November 1916 Lost while en route to breakers in 1921.
U87 22nd May 1916 Sunk by HMS Buttercup and PC56 on 25th December 1917.
U88 22nd June 1916 Mined on 5th September 1917.
U89 6th October 1916 Rammed and sunk by HMS Roxburgh on 12th February 1918.
U90 12th January 1917 Broken up in 1919.
U91 14th April 1917 Broken up in 1921.
U92 12th May 1917 Presumed mined and sunk on 9th September 1918.
U93 15th December 1916 She rammed by accident by SS Braeneil on 7th January 1918.
U94 5th January 1917 Broken up in 1919.
U95 20th January 1917 She went missing in January 1918, possibly mined.
U96 15th December 1917 Broken up in 1919.
U97 4th April 1917 foundered on 21st November 1918.
U98 28th February 1917 Broken up in 1919.
U99 27th January 1917 Sunk by torpedoes from J31 on 3rd July 1917.
U100 25th February 1917 Broken up in 1922.
U101 1st April 1917 Broken up in 1922.
U102 12th May 1917 Presumed mined on 2nd September 1918.
U103 9th June 1917 Rammed and sunk by the liner Olympic on 12th May 1918.
U104 3rd July 1917 Sunk by the British sloop Jessamine on 25th April 1918.
U105 16th May 1917 Broken up in 1937.
U106 12th June 1917 Mined on 8th October 1917.
U107 28th June 1917 Broken up in 1922.
U108 11th October 1917 Broken up in 1935.
U109 25th September 1917 Sunk by Beryl III on 26th January 1918.
U110 28th July 1917 Sunk by British destroyers HMS Moresby and HMS Michael on 15th March 1918.
U111 5th September 1917 Given to America in 1918 and sunk as a target.

U111 at Manchester.

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U112 26th October 1917 Broken up in 1922.
U113 29th September 1917 Broken up in 1921.
U114 27th November 1917 Broken up in 1919.
U117 10th December 1917 Used as a target and sunk on 22nd June 1921.
U118 23rd February 1918 Broken up in 1921.

U118 - aground at Hastings.

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U118 - aground at Hastings.

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German u-boat U118 which washed ashore at Hastings 1919.

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Members of the public having photograph taken alongside U118 aground on Hastings Beach, 1919.

Contributed by James Justice.
U119 4th April 1918 Broken up in 1937.
U120 20th June 1918 Broken up in 1919.

U120, 1918.

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U121 20th September 1918 Used as a target and sunk on 1st July 1921.
U122 9th December 1917 Grounded while on her way to breakers in 1921.
U123 26th January 1918 Grounded while on her way to breakers in 1921.
U124 28th March 1918 Broken up in 1919.
U125 26th May 1918 Broken up in 1922.
U126 16th June 1918 Broken up in 1923.
U135 8th September 1917 Founder while on her way to the breakers in 1921.
U136 7th November 1917 Given to the French after the end of WWI. Broken up in 1921.
U139 3rd December 1917 Renamed Kapitanleutnant Schwieger. Given to France and renamed Halbronn until broken up in 1935.
U140 4th November 1917 Renamed Kapitanleutnant Weddigen. Given to America and used as a target and sunk on 22nd July 1921.
U141 9th January 1918 Given to Britain and broken up in 1923.
U151 4th April 1917 Used as a target and sunk on 7th June 1921.
U155 28th March 1916 Broken up in 1922.
U152 20th May 1917 Sank while on her way to breakers in 1921.
U153 19th July 1917 Sank while on her way to breakers in 1921.
U154 10th September 1917 Torpedoed and sunk by E35 on 11th May 1918.
U156 17th April 1917 Sunk by mines on 15th September 1918.
U157 23rd May 1917 Broken up in 1921.
U160 27th February 1918 Broken up in 1922.
U161 23rd March 1918 Wrecked while on her way to breakers in 1921.
U162 20th April 1918 Broken up in 1937.

U162From The Romance of A Submarine by G Gibbard Jackson

U162From The Romance of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson
U163 1st June 1918 Broken up in 1919.
U164 7th August 1918 Broken up in 1922.
U165 21st August 1918 Sunk in a collision with another vessel on 18th November 1918 she was salvaged and broken in 1921.
U166 6th September 1918 Broken up in 1935.
U167 28th September 1918 Broken up in 1921.
UA 9th May 1914 Broken up in 1919.
UC1 Between April & July 1915 Bombed and sunk by British seaplanes on 25th July 1917.
UC2 Between April & July 1915 Rammed and sunk by SS Cottingham on 2nd July 1915. She was raised by the British and put on display.
UC3 Between April & July 1915 Sunk by mine on 27th May 1916.
UC4 Between April & July 1915 Scuttled on 5th October 1918.

Captured German U-Boat UC5.Contributed by email.

UC5 on display in the Thames.

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These two pictures are of UC5 after her capture during WWI.
UC5 Between April & July 1915 Captured on 27th April 1916 after becoming stranded. She was eventually scrapped in 1923.
UC6 Between April & July 1915 Sunk by bombs from British seaplane on 28th September 1917.
UC7 Between April & July 1915 Sunk sometime in 1916 by HMS Salmon.
UC8 Between April & July 1915 Interned by the Netherlands after running aground and became M1 serving from 1915-1932. Scrapped in 1932.
UC9 Between April & July 1915 Unfortunately she blew herself up on her own mines on 21st October 1915.
UC10 Between April & July 1915 Sunk by the submarine E54 on 21st August 1916.
UC11 April/May 1915 Mined and sunk on 26th June 1918.
UC12 April/May 1915 Unfortunately blew herself up on her own mines on 16th March 1916. Raised by the Italians and repaired she became X1 but was scrapped in 1919.
UC13 April/May 1915 Became grounded and was then blown up on 29th November 1915.
UC14 April/May 1915 Mined and sunk on 3rd October 1917.
UC15 April/May 1915 Mined and sunk in November 1916.
UB1 1915 Became Austrian U10 she was wrecked on 4th June 1915.
UB2 1915 Broken up in 1919.

UB2, 1915.

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UB3 1915 Lost sometime in May 1915.
UB4 1915 Sunk by the Q-ship Inverlyon on 15th August 1915.
UB5 1915 Broken up in 1919.

UB5, 1918.

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UB6 1915 Broken up in 1921.
UB7 1915 Sunk in October 1915.
UB8 1915 Sold to Bulgaria and transferred to France. Broken up in 1921.
UB9 1915 Broken up in 1919.
UB10 1915 Scuttled on 5th October 1918.
UB11 1915 Broken up in 1919.
UB12 1915 Mined and sunk in August 1918.
UB13 1915 Mined and sunk on 24th April 1916.
UB14 1915 Broken up in 1920.
UB15 1915 Became Austrian U11 she was wrecked on 4th June 1915 and broken up in 1919.
UB16 1915 Sunk by torpedoes from E34 on 10th May 1918.
UB17 1915 Sunk by HMS Onslow on 11th March 1918.
UB18 1915 Mined in December 1917.
UB19 1915 Sunk by the Q-ship Penshurst on 30th November 1916.
UB20 1915 Sunk by aircraft on 28th July 1917.
UB21 1915 Sank while on her way to breakers in 1920.
UB22 1915 Mined and sunk on 20th January 1918.
UB23 1915 Broken up in 1921.
UB24 1915 Broken up 1921.
UB25 1915 Broken up 1922.
UB26 1915 Sunk but salvaged by France to become Lieutenant Morillot. Broken up 1931.
UB27 1915 Sunk by HMS Halcyon on 29th July 1917.
UB28 1915 Broken up 1919.
UB29 1915 Sunk by destroyer HMS Landrail on 13th December 1916.
UB30 1915 Sunk by the trawler John Gilmann on 13th August 1918.
UB31 1915 Sunk on 2nd May