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SM UB-102

SM UB-102 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 17 October 1918 as SM UB-102.[Note 1]

UB-102 was surrendered to Italy on 22 November 1918 and broken up in La Spezia in July 1919.[1]

Construction

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 13 September 1918. UB-102 was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-102 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-102 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-102 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.


References

Notes

  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. ^ a b c d e f Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
  2. ^ Rössler 1979, p. 61.
  3. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Konrad Limann". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

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