UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-124.
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German Empire | |
Name: | UB-124 |
Ordered: | 6/8 February 1917 |
Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
Cost: | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number: | 297 |
Launched: | 19 March 1918 |
Commissioned: | 22 April 1918 |
Fate: | Sunk 20 July 1918 by British warships. |
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Class and type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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Length: | 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam: | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught: | 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men |
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Operations: | 1 patrol |
Victories: | 1 merchant ship sunk (32,234 GRT) |
SM UB-124 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 22 April 1918 as SM UB-124.
UB-124 was sunk on 20 July 1918 by HMS Marne, HMS Milbrook, HMS Pigeon, and more than 30 patrol craft at 55°43′N 7°51′W / 55.717°N 7.850°WCoordinates: 55°43′N 7°51′W / 55.717°N 7.850°W.
She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and, following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 19 March 1918. UB-124 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Hans Oscar Wutsdorff. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-124 carried ten torpedoes and was armed with an 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-124 would carry a crew of up to three officers and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,280 nautical miles (13,480 km; 8,380 mi). UB-124 had a displacement of 512 t (504 long tons) while surfaced and 643 t (633 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.9 knots (25.7 km/h; 16.0 mph) when surfaced and 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) when submerged.