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SM U-12 10th March 1915   SM U-12 Type U 9 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 7) Ordered 15 Jul 1908 Launched 6 May 1910 Commissioned 13 Aug 1911. Commanders. 1 Aug 1914 - 9 Feb 1915 Walter Forstmann 10 Feb 1915 - 10 Mar 1915 Hans Kratzsch Career 4 patrols start date unknown - 10 Mar 1915 I Flotilla 1 Aug 1914 - 10 Mar 1915 II Flotilla Successes 1 ship sunk with a total of 1,005 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 810 tons. 11 Nov 1914 U 12 Walter Forstmann Niger (hms) 810 British 9 Mar 1915 U 12 Hans Kratzsch Aberdon 1,005 British Fate 10 Mar 1915 - Rammed and shelled by destroyer off Fife Ness then scuttled. 20 dead and 10 survivors. The wreck of U 12 was found by a local dive team lead by Martin Sinclair and Jim MacLeod based upon research by Kevni Heath in January 2008. The wreck is some 18 miles from where U 12 was previously listed as being sunk. On 11 November, 1914 the gunboat HMS Niger was sunk near the Deal Light Vessel by U 12 while operating from the harbour of Zeebrugge. This was the first U-boat victim of German operations originating from a Belgian port. There was another U 12 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 11 Sep 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 30 Sep 1935. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-12? There are:0 items tagged SM U-12 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-12 during the Great War 1914-1918.