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SM U-76

11th May 1916 SM U-76
Type UE 1 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 58) Ordered 9 Mar 1915 Launched 12 Mar 1916 Commissioned 11 May 1916
Commanders.
11 May 1916 - 22 Jan 1917 Waldemar Bender
Career 3 patrols.
29 Jun 1916 - 22 Jan 1917 I Flotilla
Successes 2 ships sunk with a total of 1,149 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 6,254 tons.

17 Oct 1916 U 76 Waldemar Bender Botnia 1,149 nw
11 Nov 1916 U 76 Waldemar Bender Anna I unknown ru
15 Nov 1916 U 76 Waldemar Bender Koursk (damaged) 6,254 ru

Fate 22 Jan 1917 - Foundered in bad weather off North Cape (71N, 23E) after damage by collision with a Russian trawler. 1 dead, unknown number of survivors. The wreck of U 76 was raised and broken up in the early 1970s.
There was another U 76 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 3 Oct 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 3 Dec 1940.

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