SM UB-154
![]() UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-154. | |
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Name | UB-154 |
Ordered | 27 June 1917[2] |
Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
Cost | 4,301,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 119 |
Launched | 7 October 1918[1] |
Completed | 14 December 1918[1] |
Fate | Surrendered 9 March 1919, broken up[1] |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[1] |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Operations: | No patrols |
Victories: | None |
SM UB-154'[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 France on 9 March 1919 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up at Brest in July 1921.[1]
Construction
[edit]SM UB-154 was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 October 1918. UB-154 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with an 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-154 would carry a crew of up to three officers and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-154 had a displacement of 539 t (530 long tons) while surfaced and 656 t (646 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
- ^ Rössler 1979, p. 61.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften: eine Bilddokumentation über den deutschen U-Bootbau; in zwei Bänden (in German). Vol. I. Munich: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.