SM UB-24

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For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-24.

Career (German Empire)
SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-24
Name:	UB-24
Ordered:	30 April 1915^[1]
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen^[1]
Cost:	1,291,000 German Papiermark^[2]
Yard number:	238^[1]
Launched:	18 October 1915^[1]
Commissioned:	18 November 1915^[2]
Fate:	surrendered 24 November 1918^[2]
General characteristics
Class & type:	German Type UB II submarine
Displacement:	265 t (261 long tons) surfaced^[2] 291 t (286 long tons) submerged^[2]
Length:	36.13 m (118 ft 6 in)^[2]
Beam:	436 m (1,430 ft 5 in)^[2]
Draft:	3.66 m (12 ft 0 in)^[2]
Propulsion:	2 × propeller shafts 2 × Benz diesel engines, 270 shp (200 kW)^[2] 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 280 shp (210 kW)^[2]
Speed:	8.9 knots (16.5 km/h) surfaced^[2] 5.72 knots (10.59 km/h) submerged^[2]
Range:	7,200 nautical miles (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced^[2] 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots submerged^[2]
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)^[2]
Complement:	2 officers, 21 men^[2]
Armament:	2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes^[2] 4 × torpedoes (later 6) 1 × 5 cm SK L/40 gun^[2]
Notes:	30-second diving time^[2]

SM UB-24 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 30 April 1915 and launched on 18 October 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 November 1915 as SM UB-24.^{[Note 1]} The submarine was surrendered to France in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany on 24 November 1918 and broken up in Cherbourg in July 1921.^[2]

Notes

↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rössler 1979, p. 54.
↑ 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 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Gröner 1985, p. 50.

Bibliography

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.

v t e German Type UB II submarines

UB-18 UB-19 UB-20 UB-21 UB-22 UB-23 UB-24 UB-25 UB-26 UB-27 UB-28 UB-29 UB-30 UB-31 UB-32 UB-33 UB-34 UB-35 UB-36 UB-37 UB-38 UB-39 UB-40 UB-41 UB-42 UB-43 UB-44 UB-45 UB-46 UB-47

Preceded by: Type UB I Followed by: Type UB III List of German U-boats

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