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SM UB-105

UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-105.
History
German Empire
Name: UB-105
Ordered: 6/8 February 1917
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Cost: 3,714,000 German Papiermark
Yard number: 311
Launched: 7 July 1917
Commissioned: 14 January 1918
Fate: surrendered 16 January 1919, broken up in Felixtowe in 1922.
General characteristics
Class and type: German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:
  • 510 t (500 long tons) surfaced
  • 629 t (619 long tons) submerged
Length: 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.80 m (19 ft)
Draught: 3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) surfaced
  • 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 7,420 nmi (13,740 km; 8,540 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
  • 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Complement: 3 officers, 31 men
Armament:
Service record
Part of:
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Wilhelm Marschall
  • 14 January – 9 September 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Rudolf Petersen
  • 10 September – 30 November 1918
Operations: 5 patrols
Victories:
  • 25 merchant ships sunk (64,764 GRT)
  • 1 warship sunk (1,290 tons).

SM UB-105 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 14 January 1918 as SM UB-105.

UB-105 was surrendered to Britain on 16 January 1919 and broken up in Felixstowe in 1922.

She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 July 1917. UB-105 was commissioned early the next year under the command of Kptlt. Wilhelm Marschall. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-105 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-105 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,420 nautical miles (13,740 km; 8,540 mi). UB-105 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 629 t (619 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.


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