WWI U-boats
UC 68
Type | UC II | ||||
Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 284) | ||||
Ordered | 12 Jan 1916 | ||||
Launched | 12 Aug 1916 | ||||
Commissioned | 17 Dec 1916 | ||||
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Career | 2 patrols | ||||
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Successes | 1 ship sunk with a total of 2,897 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 12,839 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 550 tons. (View ships hit by UC 68) | ||||
Fate | 13 Mar 1917 - Missing in the English Channel. Last know activity was on March 13, 1917.. 27 dead (all hands lost). |
Previously recorded fate
Blew up on her own mines off Start Point at 50°17’N 3°32’W