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SM U-74

24th November 1915 SM U-74
Type UE 1 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 30) Ordered 6 Jan 1915 Launched 10 Aug 1915 Commissioned 24 Nov 1915
Commanders.
24 Nov 1915 - 17 May 1916 Erwin Weisbach
Career 2 patrols.
18 Mar 1916 - 17 May 1916 I Flotilla
Successes 1 ship sunk with a total of 2,802 tons.
20 Apr 1916 U 74 Erwin Weisbach Sabbia 2,802 br
Fate 17 May 1916 - Sank in a mine handling accident 3.5 miles off Dunbar, Scotland. The wreck of an UEI class submarine located by divers is undoubtedly that of U 74. 34 dead (all hands lost).
Previously recorded fate
Sunk by gunfire from the Royal Navy trawlers Sea Ranger, Kimberly, Oku, and Rodino off Peterhead at 57.10N, 01.20E on May 27, 1916. U 74 was lost well before this date.
There was another U 74 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 31 Aug 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 31 Oct 1940.

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