SM UB-96
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-96.
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| Name: | UB-96 |
| Ordered: | 6/8 February 1917[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
| Cost: | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 112 |
| Launched: | 31 May 1918[2] |
| Commissioned: | 3 July 1918[2] |
| Fate: | surrendered 21 November 1918, broken up in 1919-20[2] |
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| Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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| Length: | 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in) |
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| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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| Operations: | 1 patrol |
| Victories: | None |
SM UB-96 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 3 July 1918 as SM UB-96.[Note 1]
UB-96 was surrendered to Britain on 21 November 1918 and broken up in Bo'ness in 1919/20.[2]
Construction
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She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 31 May 1918. UB-96 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Walter Krastel. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-96 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-96 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-96 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.
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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. 61.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
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