SM UB-130

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-130.
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-130.
Career (German Empire)
Name: UB-130
Ordered: 6/8 February 1917[1]
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen[2]
Cost: 3,654,000 German Papiermark[2]
Yard number: 303[2]
Launched: 27 May 1918[3]
Commissioned: 28 June 1918[3]
Fate: Surrendered 26 November 1918.[3]
General characteristics
Class and type:German Type UB III submarine
Type:Coastal submarine
Displacement:512 t (504 long tons; 564 short tons) surfaced
643 t (633 long tons; 709 short tons) submerged[2]
Length:55.85 m (183.2 ft) o/a[2]
Beam:5.8 m (19 ft)[2]
Draught:3.72 m (12.2 ft)[2]
Propulsion:2 shafts
6-cylinder Benz diesel engines,[4] 1,060 ihp (790 kW)
Schiffsunion[4] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)[2]
Speed:13.9 knots (25.7 km/h; 16.0 mph) surfaced
7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged[2]
Range:7,280 nmi (13,480 km; 8,380 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 × 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun[4]
Service record
Part of: I Flotilla
21 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918
Commanders: Kptlt Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz[5]
28 Jun 1918 – 11 Nov 1918
Operations: 1 patrol
Victories: None

SM UB-130 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 28 June 1918 as SM UB-130.[nb 1]

UB-130 was surrendered on 26 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany.[3]

Construction

She was built by AG Weser of Bremen[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 27 May 1918. UB-130 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Kptlt Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-130 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-130 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,280 nautical miles (13,480 km).[2] UB-130 had a displacement of 512 t (504 long tons; 564 short tons) while surfaced and 643 t (633 long tons; 709 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.9 knots (25.7 km/h; 16.0 mph) when surfaced and 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 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. 55.
  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 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.
  5. "Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz". Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

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