SM UB-145
 UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-145. | |
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| Name: | UB-145 |
| Ordered: | 27 June 1917[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Cost: | 4,301,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 311 |
| Launched: | October 1918[2] |
| Fate: | Surrendered to Britain, broken up 1922.[2] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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| Length: | 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in) |
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| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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| Part of: | German Imperial Navy |
SM UB-145[Note 1] was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was never commissioned into the German Imperial Navy but surrendered to Britain on 27 March 1919 and broken up in Rochester in 1922.[2]
Construction
She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Kiel in October 1918. UB-145 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-145 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; 8,380 mi). UB-145 had a displacement of 523 t (515 long tons) while surfaced and 653 t (643 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.
References
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.
Citations
- ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 56.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
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.