SM UB-105
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-105.
 UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-105. | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-105 |
| Ordered: | 6/8 February 1917[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
| Cost: | 3,714,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number: | 311[2] |
| Launched: | 7 July 1917[3] |
| Commissioned: | 14 January 1918[3] |
| Fate: | surrendered 16 January 1919, broken up in Felixtowe in 1922.[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB III submarine |
| Type: | Coastal submarine |
| Displacement: | 510 t (502 long tons; 562 short tons) surfaced 629 t (619 long tons; 693 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) Siemens-Schuckert[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: |
Imperial German Navy[2] Mittelmeer I Flotilla 8 May 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt Wilhelm Marschall[5] 14 Jan 1918 - 9 Sep 1918 Oblt Rudolf Petersen[6] 10 Sep 1918 - 30 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 5 patrols |
| Victories: |
25 merchant ships sunk (64,764 gross register tons (GRT)) 1 warship sunk (1,290 tons). |
SM UB-105 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 14 January 1918 as SM UB-105.[nb 1]
UB-105 was surrendered to Britain on 16 January 1919 and broken up in Felixstowe in 1922.[3]
Construction
Main article: German Type UB III submarine
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 July 1917. UB-105 was commissioned early the next year under the command of Kptlt Wilhelm Marschall. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-105 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-105 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-105 had a displacement of 510 t (502 long tons; 562 short tons) while surfaced and 629 t (619 long tons; 693 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]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 1918 | Restaurado |  Portugal |
136 | Sunk |
| 24 April 1918 | Leonor | Portugal |
166 | Sunk |
| 25 April 1918 | HMS Cowslip |  Royal Navy |
1,290 | Sunk |
| 29 April 1918 | City of Pensacola |  United States |
705 | Sunk |
| 29 April 1918 | Kut Sang |  United Kingdom |
4,895 | Sunk |
| 30 April 1918 | Conway | United Kingdom |
4,003 | Sunk |
| 3 June 1918 | Nora | United Kingdom |
3,933 | Sunk |
| 5 June 1918 | Snaefell | United Kingdom |
1,368 | Sunk |
| 6 June 1918 | Archbank | United Kingdom |
3,767 | Sunk |
| 6 June 1918 | Menzaleh | United Kingdom |
1,859 | Sunk |
| 9 June 1918 | Clan Forbes | United Kingdom |
3,946 | Sunk |
| 9 June 1918 | Pundit | United Kingdom |
5,917 | Sunk |
| 9 June 1918 | Tewfikieh | United Kingdom |
2,490 | Sunk |
| 14 July 1918 | Branksome Hall | United Kingdom |
4,262 | Sunk |
| 14 July 1918 | Waitemata | United Kingdom |
5,432 | Sunk |
| 14 July 1918 | Djemnah |  France |
3,716 | Sunk |
| 19 July 1918 | Eguskia |  Spain |
1,181 | Sunk |
| 18 September 1918 | Antonietta | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
93 | Sunk |
| 20 September 1918 | Angelina Pasquale | Kingdom of Italy |
29 | Sunk |
| 20 September 1918 | San Michele | Kingdom of Italy |
24 | Sunk |
| 21 September 1918 | Santo Fortunato | Kingdom of Italy |
24 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1918 | Ariel | United Kingdom |
3,428 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1918 | Saint Luc | France |
2,456 | Sunk |
| 7 October 1918 | Madeira | Portugal |
4,792 | Sunk |
| 7 October 1918 | Saint Barnabe | France |
5,184 | Sunk |
| 12 October 1918 | Tripoli II | Kingdom of Italy |
958 | Sunk |
Notes
- Footnotes
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 66.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gröner 1985, p. 54.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Gröner 1985, p. 53.
- ↑ "Wilhelm Marschall (Pour le Mérite)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Rudolf Petersen". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "SM UB-105 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
References
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal (in German). 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 (in German) I (Munich: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.