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Beery · 11-22-16, 06:31 AM

If I recall correctly, the most successful WW1 U-boat type was the U-31 type. There were only 11 boats of this type made, but they accounted for 1,865,139 tons of enemy shipping. The three highest-scoring aces commanded these boats: de la Perière (U 35), Forstmann (U 39), Valentiner (U 38). Not sure which of the other types were next most successful - maybe the coastal UBII type, which were made in larger numbers and commanders like Otto Steinbrinck and Karl Neumann did well on them. Then maybe come the U-63 and U-51 types, made in very small numbers, but very successful under commanders like Hans Rose (U 53) and Otto Schultze (u 63). As for individual U-boats, there's a list here: http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/most_successful.html

11-22-16, 06:31 AM	#1944
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If I recall correctly, the most successful WW1 U-boat type was the U-31 type. There were only 11 boats of this type made, but they accounted for 1,865,139 tons of enemy shipping. The three highest-scoring aces commanded these boats: de la Perière (U 35), Forstmann (U 39), Valentiner (U 38). Not sure which of the other types were next most successful - maybe the coastal UBII type, which were made in larger numbers and commanders like Otto Steinbrinck and Karl Neumann did well on them. Then maybe come the U-63 and U-51 types, made in very small numbers, but very successful under commanders like Hans Rose (U 53) and Otto Schultze (u 63). As for individual U-boats, there's a list here: http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/most_successful.html __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen. Last edited by Beery; 11-22-16 at 07:21 AM.