SM UB-29

SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-29
Career (German Empire)
Name:	UB-29
Ordered:	30 April 1915[1]
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen[1]
Cost:	1,291,000 German Papiermark[2]
Yard number:	243[1]
Launched:	31 December 1915[1]
Commissioned:	18 January 1916[3]
Fate:	sunk by depth charge 13 December 1916
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-29 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 31 December 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 January 1916 as SM UB-29.^{[Note 1]}

The submarine sank 31 ships in 17 patrols for a total of 35,562 gross register tons (GRT).^[4] UB-29 was sunk by two depth charges from HMS Landrail south of Goodwin Sands at 51°9′N 1°46′E / 51.150°N 1.767°E / 51.150; 1.767Coordinates: 51°9′N 1°46′E / 51.150°N 1.767°E / 51.150; 1.767 on 13 December 1916.^[3]

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