SM UB-114

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War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg German Empire
NameUB-114
Ordered6 / 8 February 1917 [1]
Builder Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Cost3,714,000 German Papiermark
Yard number320
Launched23 September 1917 [2]
Commissioned4 May 1918 [2]
FateSurrendered 21 November 1918; sunk on tow to French port off Brighton, UK. The wreck was identified in 2013 [3]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type Type UB III submarine
Displacement
  • 519  t (511 long tons) surfaced
  • 649 t (639 long tons) submerged
Length55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam5.80 m (19 ft)
Draught3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) surfaced
  • 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged
Range
  • 7,420  nmi (13,740 km; 8,540 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
  • 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement3 officers, 31 men [2]
Armament
Service record
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Ernst Berlin [4]
  • 4 May – 11 November 1918
Operations: No patrols
Victories: None

SM UB-114 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 4 May 1918 as SM UB-114. [Note 1]

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UB-114 was lost in trials on 13 May 1918 in Kiel harbour, resulting in seven dead and re-entered service. [2] She as surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany, but was lost in tow to a French port in early 1919. [5] [6] The wreck was identified by archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2013. [7]

Construction

She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 23 September 1917. UB-114 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Ernst Berlin. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-114 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-114 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-114 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.

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 66.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
  3. ↑ "The Identification of UB114". Facebook .
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Ernst Berlin". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Gothling, Wolfgang; Lorscher, Oliver; Schnetzke, Simon (2012). AUSGELIEFERT Die deutschen B-Boote 1918-1920 und ihr Verbleib - Eine Dokumentation -. digital business and printing gmbh Berlin. p. 292. ISBN   978-3-00-037421-0.
  6. ↑ Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: the fate of enemy fleets after the two World Wars. Barnsley: Seaforth. pp. 24, 129. ISBN   978-1-5267-4198-1.
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