SM UB-102

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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-102.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UB-102
Ordered: 6/8 February 1917[1]
Builder: AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2]
Cost: 3,654,000 German Papiermark[2]
Yard number: 118[2]
Launched: 13 September 1918[3]
Commissioned: 17 October 1918[3]
Fate: surrendered 22 November 1918, broken up[3]
General characteristics
Class & type: German Type UB III submarine
Type: Coastal submarine
Displacement: 510 t (502 long tons; 562 short tons) surfaced
640 t (630 long tons; 705 short tons) submerged[2]
Length: 55.52 m (182.2 ft) o/a[2]
Beam: 5.76 m (18.9 ft)[2]
Draught: 3.73 m (12.2 ft)[2]
Propulsion: 2 shafts
6-cylinder AEG diesel engines,[4] 1,100 ihp (820 kW)
Siemens-Schuckert[4] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)[2]
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) submerged[2]
Range: 7,120 nmi (13,190 km; 8,190 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged[2]
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)[4]
Complement: 3 officers, 31 men[4]
Armament: • 5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) with 10 torpedoes
• 1 × 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun[4]
Service record
Part of:

German Imperial Navy[2]

Commanders:

SM UB-102 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 17 October 1918 as SM UB-102.[nb 1]

UB-102 was surrendered to Italy on 22 November 1918 and broken up in La Spezia in July 1919.[3]

Construction

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 13 September 1918. UB-102 was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-102 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-102 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km).[2] UB-102 had a displacement of 510 t (502 long tons; 562 short tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons; 705 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.[2]


Notes

Footnotes
  1. "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
Citations
  1. Rössler 1979, p. 61.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Gröner 1985, p. 52.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gröner 1985, p. 54.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Gröner 1985, p. 53.


References

  • Gröner, Erich (1985). "U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher". Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 III (Koblenz: Bernhard&Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4. 
  • Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal. Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7. 
  • Rössler, Eberhard (1979). "U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945". Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften I (Munich: Bernhard&Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7. 
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