SM UB-87

UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-87.
History
German Empire
Name:	UB-87
Ordered:	23 September 1916
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen
Cost:	3,341,000 German Papiermark
Yard number:	287
Launched:	10 November 1917
Commissioned:	27 December 1917
Fate:	surrendered 20 November 1918, broken up at Brest
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:	516 t (508 long tons) surfaced 647 t (637 long tons) submerged
Length:	55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.80 m (19 ft)
Draught:	3.72 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	2 × propeller shaft 2 × Benz four-stroke 6-cylinder diesel engines, 1,050 bhp (780 kW) 2 × BBC electric motors, 780 shp (580 kW)
Speed:	13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged
Range:	8,180 nmi (15,150 km; 9,410 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	3 officers, 31 men
Armament:	5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) 10 torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun
Service record
Part of:	V Flotilla 14 March – 29 April 1918 III Flotilla 29 April – 11 November 1918
Commanders:	Kptlt. Karl Petri 27 December 1917 – 30 September 1918 Oblt.z.S. Bernhard Hibsch 1 October – 11 November 1918
Operations:	5 patrols
Victories:	3 merchant ships sunk (18,671 GRT) 1 merchant ship damaged (12,045 GRT)

SM UB-87 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 27 December 1917 as SM UB-87.

UB-87 was surrendered to France on 20 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She was broken up in Brest in 1921.

She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 10 November 1917. UB-87 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-87 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-87 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,180 nautical miles (15,150 km; 9,410 mi). UB-87 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 647 t (637 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.