SM UB-113

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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-113.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UB-113
Ordered: 6/8 February 1917[1]
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Cost: 3,714,000 German Papiermark[2]
Yard number: 319[2]
Launched: 23 September 1917[3]
Commissioned: 25 April 1918[3]
Fate: Lost September/October 1918.[3]
General characteristics
Class & type: German Type UB III submarine
Type: Coastal submarine
Displacement: 519 t (511 long tons; 572 short tons) surfaced
649 t (639 long tons; 715 short tons) submerged[2]
Length: 55.3 m (181 ft) o/a[2]
Beam: 5.8 m (19 ft)[2]
Draught: 3.7 m (12 ft)[2]
Propulsion: 2 shafts
6-cylinder MAN-Vulcan diesel engines,[4] 1,100 ihp (820 kW)
Maffei[4] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)[2]
Speed: 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) surfaced
7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged[2]
Range: 7,420 nmi (13,740 km; 8,540 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 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun[4]
Service record
Part of:

German Imperial Navy[2]

Commanders:

SM UB-113 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 25 April 1918 as SM UB-113.[nb 1]

UB-113 was lost in autumn 1918 for unknown reasons.[3]

Construction

She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 23 September 1917. UB-113 was commissioned in the spring the next year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-113 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-113 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).[2] UB-113 had a displacement of 519 t (511 long tons; 572 short tons) while surfaced and 649 t (639 long tons; 715 short 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.[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. 66.
  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. 55.
  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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