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SM U-70 22nd September 1915   SM U-70 Type U 66 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 207) Ordered 2 Feb 1913 Laid down 11 Feb 1914 Launched 20 Jul 1915 Commissioned 22 Sep 1915 Commanders. 22 Sep 1915 - 15 Sep 1918 Otto Wünsche 16 Sep 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Joachim Born Career 12 patrols. 9 Feb 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla Successes 53 ships sunk with a total of 137,774 tons. 4 ships damaged with a total of 20,369 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 1,290 tons. 16 Mar 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Berwindvale (damaged) 5,242 br 16 Mar 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Willie 185 br 17 Mar 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Lindfield 2,230 nw 22 Mar 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Bougainville 2,248 fr 24 Mar 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Fenay Bridge 3,838 br 28 Mar 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Eagle Point 5,222 br 2 Apr 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Arena 1,019 nw 17 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Pascal 5,587 br 18 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Eugene Gaston 184 fr 18 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Flimston 5,751 br 18 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Hirondelle 148 fr 22 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Avanti 1,673 it 22 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Thyra (damaged) 749 nw 24 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Harry W. Adams 127 br 26 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Spin-away 95 br 30 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Borre 741 nw 30 Dec 1916 U 70 Otto Wünsche Edda 1,138 nw 1 Jan 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Tsiropinas 3,015 gr 2 Jan 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Aconcagua 1,313 fr 2 Jan 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Odda 1,101 nw 2 Jan 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche San Leandro 1,616 sp 4 Jan 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Ruby 949 ru 9 Jan 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Excellent 1,944 br 27 Feb 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche San Patricio (damaged) 9,712 br 3 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Kincardine 4,108 br 9 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Inverlogie 2,347 br 10 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Mediterranean 105 br 10 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche T. Crowley 97 br 12 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Winnebago (damaged) 4,666 br 13 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Alma 335 ru 13 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Elizabeth Eleanor 169 br 13 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Pera 1,737 ru 15 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Balaguier 2,293 fr 15 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Circe 4,133 fr 16 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Norma Pratt 4,416 br 16 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Vigilancia 4,115 am 18 Mar 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Joshua Nicholson 1,853 br 21 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Sebek 4,601 br 24 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Clan Galbraith 2,168 nw 24 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Eos 179 da 24 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Valkyrian 233 sw 24 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Vestdal 1,690 nw 26 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Harflete 4,814 br 27 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Manchester Citizen 4,251 br 28 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Anne Marie 441 nw 29 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Daleby 3,628 br 30 Apr 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Delamere 1,525 br 4 Jun 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Southland 11,899 br 9 Jun 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Appledore 3,843 br 9 Jun 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Egyptiana 3,818 br 9 Jun 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Harbury 4,572 br 10 Jun 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Galicia 1,400 br 11 Jun 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche City Of Perth 3,427 br 18 Jun 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Queen Adelaide 4,965 br 19 Jun 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Buffalo 4,106 br 25 Aug 1917 U 70 Otto Wünsche Malda 7,896 br 5 May 1918 U 70 Otto Wünsche Rhododendron 1,290 br 7 Jul 1918 U 70 Otto Wünsche Carl 2,486 da Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20. There was another U 70 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 Oct 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 23 Nov 1940. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-70? There are:0 items tagged SM U-70 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-70 during the Great War 1914-1918.