SM UB-112
 UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-112. | |
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 German Empire
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| Name: | UB-112 |
| Ordered: | 6/8 February 1917[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Cost: | 3,714,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 318 |
| Launched: | 15 September 1917[2] |
| Commissioned: | 16 April 1918[2] |
| Fate: | surrendered 24 November 1918, broken up[2] |
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| Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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| Length: | 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 5.80 m (19.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.70 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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| Operations: | 3 patrols |
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SM UB-112 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 16 April 1918 as SM UB-112.[nb 1]
UB-112 was surrendered to Britain on 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up in Falmouth in 1921.[2]
Construction
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 15 September 1917. UB-112 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Kptlt. Wilhelm Rhein. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-112 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-112 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; 8,540 mi). UB-112 had a displacement of 519 t (511 long tons) while surfaced and 649 t (639 long 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.
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[4] |
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| 21 August 1918 | The Stewart’s Court |  United Kingdom |
813 | Sunk |
| 22 August 1918 | Prunelle | United Kingdom |
579 | Sunk |
| 23 August 1918 | Heros |  Sweden |
351 | Sunk |
| 30 September 1918 | Atlantico |  Portugal |
319 | Sunk |
| 1 October 1918 | Aldebaran | Sweden |
1,683 | Sunk |
| 1 October 1918 | Gjertrud |  Norway |
593 | Sunk |
| 2 October 1918 | Bamse | United Kingdom |
1,001 | Sunk |
| 2 October 1918 | Poljames | United Kingdom |
856 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1918 | Atlantis | Norway |
1,171 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1918 | Westwood | United Kingdom |
1,968 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1918 | A.E. Mc Kinstry |  Canada |
1,960 | Damaged |
| 4 October 1918 | Nanna | Norway |
1,125 | Sunk |
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
- ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 66.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wilhelm Rhein (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-Boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UB-112". German and Austrian U-Boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel (London: Conway Maritime Press). ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
- 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.