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U-BOATS
AROUND THE UK 1914 - 1918
Below
is a list of WWI U-boats sunk around the British
coast during 1914-18. If you would like to add
any
information on a specific boat or boats then
please e.mail us and we will update the entry.
| U5
|
Sunk
in the North Sea, December 1914 |
| U6
|
Lepsius |
I
Flotilla |
Torpedoed
by Submarine E16, in the North Sea,
15 September, 1915. |
59.10N
05.09E |
| U7 |
Konig |
I
Flotilla |
Torpedoed
by U22 in the North Sea, 21 January 1915.
|
53.43N
06.02E |
| U8 |
Stross |
I
Flotilla |
Sunk
by Destroyers MAORI and GHURKA, in Straits
of Dover, 4 March, 1915. |
50.56N
01.15E |
| U11 |
Suchodoletz
|
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, December 1914.
|
51.29N
03.06E |
| U12 |
Kratzsch |
I
Flotilla |
Rammed
by Destroyer ARIEL, off Aberdeen Coast,
10 March 1915. |
56.07N
02.20E |
|
U13 |
Schweinitz
|
Sunk
in the North Sea, 12 September 1914. |
58.33N
01.40E |
| U14 |
Hammerle |
I
Flotilla |
Rammed
by Trawler HAWK, after being disabled by
gunfire off Peterhead, 5 June 1915. |
57.13N
00.30E |
| U15 |
Pohl
|
Rammed
by Light Cruiser BIRMINGHAM off the Orkneys,
9 August 1914. |
58.35N 01.56E |
| U18 |
Hennig |
|
Rammed
by Minesweeping Trawler 96, one mile off
Hoxa entrance to Scapa Flow 17 November
1914. |
58.41N
02.55W |
| U23 |
Schulthess |
III
Flotilla |
Torpedoed
by submarine C27 in conjunction with trawler
PRINCESS LOUISE, in the North Sea, 20 July
1915. |
58.55N
00.14E |
|
U27 |
Wegner |
IV
Flotilla |
Sunk
by the Q-Ship Baralong off the South of
Ireland,
19 August 1915. |
50.43N 07.22W |
| U29 |
Weddigen |
IV
Flotilla |
Rammed
by Battleship DREADNOUGHT, 18 March 1915
|
58.16N
00.59E |
| U31 |
Wachendorff |
IV
Flotilla |
Destroyed
January 1915. Northern North Sea. |
|
| U36 |
Graeff |
II
Flotilla |
Sunk
by gunfire of Q-Ship PRINCE CHARLES, near
North Rona, 24 July 1915. |
59.07N
05.30W |
| U37 |
Wilcke |
II
Flotilla |
Mined
in the Channel, April/May 1915. |
51.04N
01.48E |
| U40 |
Furbringer |
II
Flotilla |
Sunk
by the submarine C24, 50 miles SE by S of
Girdle Ness, 23 June 1915. |
57.00N
01.50W |
| U41 |
Hansen |
II
Flotilla |
Sunk
by Q-ship BARALONG, off South of Ireland,
24 September 1915. |
49.10N
07.23W |
| U44
|
Wagenfuhr |
III
Flotilla |
Rammed
in the North Sea, 12 August 1917. |
58.51N
04.20E |
| U45 |
Sittenfeld |
III
Flotilla |
Torpedoed
by Submarine D7, off North of Ireland,
12 September1917. |
55.48N
07.30W |
| U48 |
Edeling |
III
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by gunfire of destroyer GIPSY and five drifters,
while stranded on Goodwins, 24 November
1917. |
51.17N
01.31E |
| U50 |
Berger |
III
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 31 August 1917.
|
54.10N
04.45E |
| U58 |
Amberger |
II
Flotilla |
Sunk
by U.S. Destroyers FANNING and NICHOLSON
off South of Ireland, 17 November 1917.
|
51.37N
08.12W |
| U59 |
Fircks |
II
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by German Mine in the North Sea,
14 May 1917. |
55.33N
07.15E |
| U61 |
Dieckmann |
II
Flotilla |
Sunk
by depth charge in St. George's Channel,
26 March 1918. |
51.48N
05.52W |
| U66 |
Muhle |
IV
Flotilla |
Lost
to mine in Northern North Sea, 3 September
1917 |
|
| U74 |
Weisbach |
I
Flotilla |
Sunk
by gunfire in the North Sea, 27 May 1916.
|
57.10N
01.20E |
| U75 |
Schmolling |
I
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 13 December 1917.
|
53.59N
05.24E |
| U77 |
Gunzel |
I
Flotilla |
Lost
in the North Sea, 7 July 1916. |
| U78 |
Vollbrecht |
I
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by submarine G2, in the North Sea,
28 October 1918. |
56.02N 05.08E |
| U84
|
Roehr |
IV
Flotilla |
Rammed
and sunk in St. Georges Channel,
26 January 1918. |
51.53N
05.44W |
| U85 |
Petz |
IV
Flotilla |
Sunk
in English Channel by Q-ship Privet, 12
March 1917 |
49.52N
03.20W |
| U87 |
Speth-Schulzburg
|
III
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the Irish Sea after being rammed,
25 December 1917 |
52.56N
05.07W |
| U89 |
Bauck |
III
Flotilla |
Rammed
by escort ship ROXBURGH, off N.E. of Ireland,
12 February 1918. |
55.38N
07.32W |
| U92 |
Ehrlich |
III
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 9 September 1918.
|
59.00N
01.30E |
| U93
|
Gerlach |
IV
Flotilla |
Sunk
by Q-ship PRIZE in English Channel,
7 January 1918 |
|
| U95 |
Prinz |
IV
Flotilla |
Lost
after being rammed by steamship 7 January
1918. |
49.59N
05.12W |
| U99
|
Eltester |
II
Flotilla |
Torpedoed
by the submarine F2 in the Northern North
Sea 7 July 1917. |
58.00N
03.00E |
| U102 |
Beitzen |
II
Flotilla |
Lost
to a mine in the North Sea, September 1918.
|
59.20N
00.55E |
| U103
|
Rucker |
II
Flotilla |
Rammed
by SSOLYMPIC in English Channel,
12 May 1918. |
49.16N
04.51W |
| U104 |
Bernis |
II
Flotilla |
Sunk
by depth charges from the sloop JESSAMINE,
off South of Ireland, 25 April 1918. |
51.59N
06.26W |
| U106 |
Hufnagel |
IV
Flotilla |
Lost
to a mine in the North Sea, 7 October 1917.
|
54.00N
04.35E |
| U109
|
Ney |
IV
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by mine in English Channel on
26 January 1918 |
50.53N
01.31E |
| U110 |
Kroll |
IV
Flotilla |
Sunk
by depth charge off North of Ireland,
15 March 1918 |
55.49N 08.06W |
|
U156 |
Feldt |
K
Flottila |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 25 September 1918. |
59.45N
02.20E |
UB CLASS U-BOATS
| UB3 |
S
Schmidt |
M
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the North Sea, 24 April 1916. |
| UB4 |
Gross |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by gunfire in the North Sea, 16 August 1915.
|
52.46N
02.10E |
| UB12 |
Schooler |
F
Flotilla |
Lost
in the North Sea, about 19 August 1918. |
| UB13 |
Metz |
F
Flotilla |
Lost
to a mine on 25 April 1916. |
51.33N
02.45E |
| UB16 |
Luhe |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by torpedo from submarine E34, in the North
Sea, 10 May 1918. |
52.06N
02.01E |
| UB17 |
Branscheid |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in English Channel, 11-15 March 1918. |
|
| UB18 |
Niemeyer |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the English Channel after being rammed,
9 December 1917. |
| UB19 |
Noodt |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by gunfire from Q-Ship PENHURST, in English
Channel, 30 November 1916. |
49.56N
02.45E |
| UB20 |
Glimpf
|
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by Seaplanes 8676 and 8862, in the
North Sea, 29 July 1917. (Other reports
state mined
Northern North Sea) |
| UB22 |
Wacker |
V
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 19 January 1918.
|
54.27N
06.35E |
| UB27 |
Stein |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the North Sea by depth charge, 29 July
1917. |
52.47N
02.24E |
| UB29 |
Platsch |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by depth charge from destroyer HMS ARIEL
SW of Bishop Rock Ligthhouse, 6 December
1916. |
51.09N
01.46W |
| UB30
|
Stier |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by depth charge in the North Sea, 13 August
1918 |
54.32N
00.35E |
| UB31 |
Braun |
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by mines in the English Channel,
8 May 1918 |
51.01N
01.16E |
| UB33
|
Stoer |
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by depth charge in Dover Barrage,
26 January 1918. |
51.03N
01.46E |
| UB36 |
Keyserlingk |
F
Flotilla |
Rammed
in the English Channel 21 May 1917. |
48.42N
05.14W |
| UB37 |
Gunther |
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by gunfire from Q-ship PENHURST, in English
Channel, 14 January 1917. |
50.07N
01.47W |
| UB38 |
Bachmann |
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by mine in the Dover Barrage,
8 February 1918 |
50.56N
01.25E |
| UB39 |
Kustner |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in English Channel, E Dover by mine 17 May
1917 |
| UB41 |
Ploen |
V
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the North Sea by German mine, 5 October
1917 |
54.18N
00.21E |
| UB54 |
Hecht |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the English Channel, 19 March
1918. |
51.00N
01.19E |
| UB55 |
Wenniger |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in Dover Barrage by mine, 22 April 1918. |
51.01N 01.20E |
| UB56 |
Valentiner |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in Dover Barrage, 19 December 1917. |
50.57N 01.23E |
|
UB57 |
Lohs |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 14 August 1918. |
51.33N
03.05E |
| UB58 |
Lowe |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in Dover Barrage, 10 March 1918.
|
50.58N
01.14E |
| UB61 |
T
Schultz |
V
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 29 November 1917.
|
53.25N
04.58E |
| UB63 |
Gebeschus |
V
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the Irish Sea, by depth charge 28 January
-
2 February 1918. |
| UB65 |
Schelle |
II
Flotilla |
Destroyed by explosion of own torpedo on
10 July 1918. |
51.07N
09.42W |
| UB72 |
Trager |
II
Flotilla |
Torpedoed
by the submarine D4 in English Channel,
12 May 1918. |
50.08N
02.41W |
| UB74 |
Steindorff
|
F
Flotilla |
Rammed
and depth charged, by Armed Yacht LORNA,
off Portland Bill, 26 May 1918. |
50.32N
02.32W |
| UB75 |
F
Walther |
V
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine of Flamborough Head in the North
Sea,
10 December 1917. |
| UB78 |
Stosberg |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the English Channel after being rammed,
9 May 1918 |
49.50N
01.40W |
| UB81 |
Saltzwedel |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in English Channel by mine, 2 December 1917.
|
50.27N
00.51W |
| UB82 |
Becker |
V
Flotilla |
Sunk
by depth charge off N.Ireland, 17 April
1918. |
55.15N
05.15W |
| UB83 |
Buntebardt |
III
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the North Sea by depth charge,
10 September 1918. |
58.28N
01.50E |
| UB85 |
Krech |
V
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the North Channel by gunfire, 30 April
1918. |
54.47N
05.27W |
| UB103 |
Hundius |
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by depth charge in the in Dover Barrage,
16 September 1918. |
50.52N
01.27E |
| UB104 |
Bieber |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the North Sea by mine, 19 September 1918. |
59.30N
00.44E |
| UB107 |
Prittwitz |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by depth charge in the North Sea, 27 July
1918. |
54.24N 00.24E |
| UB108 |
WAmberger
|
F
Flotilla |
Mined
in the English Channel 4 July 1918 |
51.00N
01.19E |
| UB109 |
Ramien |
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by mines in the Dover Barrage,
29 August 1918 |
51.04N
01.14E |
|
UB113 |
Pilzecker |
F
Flotilla |
Lost,
probably in the North Sea, September 1918. |
|
| UB115 |
Thomsen |
F
Flotilla |
Depth charged and sunk in the North Sea,
29 September 1918. |
55.14N
01.22E |
| UB116 |
Emsmann |
III
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the North Sea by mine, 28 October 1918.
UB116 has the dubious honour to be the last
U-boat sunk by enemy action during WWI.
|
59.45N
02.20E |
| UB119 |
Kolbe |
III
Flotilla |
Lost
in a depth charge attack in the Irish Sea
19 May 1918. |
52.42N
05.03W |
| UB123 |
Ramm |
III
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 19 October 1918. |
59.45N
02.20E |
| UB124 |
Wutsdorff |
III
Flotilla |
Sunk
off North of Ireland by depth charge,
20 July 1918. |
55.43N
07.51W |
| UB127 |
Scheffler |
I
Flotilla |
Lost
after being mined the English Channel.
9 September 1918 |
59.15N
01.30W |
UC
CLASS U-BOATS
| UC1 |
Mildenstein |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 19 July 1917. |
| UC2 |
Mey |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the North Sea by its own mine, 2 July
1915. |
52.26N
01.48E |
| UC3 |
Kreysern |
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by mine in the North Sea, 23 April 1916. |
51.35N
03.08E |
| UC5 |
Mohrbutter |
|
Captured
while stranded on Shipwash Shoal,
27 April 1916 |
52.03N
01.46E |
| UC6 |
Reichenbach |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine net in the North Sea, 28 September
1917. |
51.30N
01.34E |
| UC7 |
Haag |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 21 August 1916.
|
51.22N
03.07E |
| UC9 |
Schurmann |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by own mine in North Sea, about October
1915 |
| UC10 |
W
Albrecht |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in North sea by torpedoes from E-54, 6 July
1916 |
51.45N
03.02E |
| UC11 |
Utke |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by German mine in the North Sea, 26 June
1918. |
51.55N
01.41E |
| UC14 |
Feddersen |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, about October
1917. |
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| UC16 |
Reimarus |
F
Flotilla |
Destroyed
by destroyer HMS MELAMPUS off Selsea
Bill, 23 October 1917. |
| UC18 |
Kiel |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by gunfire from Q-ship Lady Olive in the
North Sea, 12 March 1917. |
49.15N
02.34E |
| UC19 |
Nitzsche |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
by depth charges from HMS LLEWELLYN, in
Straits of Dover, 4 December 1916. |
49.41N
06.30W |
| UC21 |
Zerboni |
F
Flotilla |
Sunk
in the S. North Sea, 27 September 1917. |
|
| UC26 |
Schmettow |
F
Flotilla |
Rammed
by destroyer HMS MILNE, off mouth of Thames,
9 May 1917. |
51.03N
01.40E |
| UC30 |
Stenzler |
I
Flotilla |
Sunk
by mine in the North Sea, 19 April 1917. |
55.19N
07.10E |
| UC32 |
Breyer |
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