SM UB-26

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For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-26 and French ship Roland Morillot.

Career (German Empire)
SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-26
Name:	UB-26
Ordered:	30 April 1915^[1]
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen^[1]
Cost:	1,291,000 German Papiermark^[2]
Yard number:	240^[1]
Launched:	14 December 1915^[1]
Commissioned:	7 January 1916^[2]
Fate:	sunk in Le Havre harbour^[2]
Career (France)
Name:	Roland Morillot
Namesake:	Roland Morillot
Acquired:	30 August 1917^[2]
Decommissioned:	21 January 1925^[2]
Fate:	broken up after testing in 1931^[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 × Daimler diesel engines, 284 shp (212 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-26 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 14 December 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 7 January 1916 as SM UB-26.^{[Note 1]} UB-26 was trapped in anti-submarine nets trailed by the French destroyer Trombe and was scuttled in Le Havre harbour on 5 April 1916. She was raised by the French on 30 August 1917 and served as Roland Morillot until 21 January 1925. She was used in tests before finally being broken up in Cherbourg in 1935.^[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 2.20 2.21 2.22 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.

Coordinates: 49°28′N 0°2′E / 49.467°N 0.033°E / 49.467; 0.033

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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