U 51 Class Submarine (1915)

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The six submarines of Germany's U 43 Class were launched in 1915 and 1916. They were the first of the German war mobilisation type, "Ms".

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
U 51 Germaniawerft, Kiel 25 Nov, 1915 Torpedoed 14 Jul, 1916
U 52 Germaniawerft, Kiel 8 Dec, 1915 Broken up 1922
U 53 Germaniawerft, Kiel 1 Feb, 1916 Broken up 1922
U 54 Germaniawerft, Kiel 22 Feb, 1916 Broken up 1919
U 55 Germaniawerft, Kiel 18 Mar, 1916 Broken up 1922
U 56 Germaniawerft, Kiel 18 Apr, 1916 Sunk 2 Nov, 1916

History

Torpedoes

Guns

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


U 51 Class Submarine
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