SM UB-98

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UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-98.
History
German Empire
Name: UB-98
Ordered: 6/8 February 1917[1]
Builder: AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Cost: 3,654,000 German Papiermark
Yard number: 114
Launched: 1 July 1918[2]
Commissioned: 8 August 1918[2]
Fate: surrendered 21 November 1918, broken up[2]
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:
  • 510 t (500 long tons) surfaced
  • 640 t (630 long tons) submerged
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)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
  • 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 7,120 nmi (13,190 km; 8,190 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 depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Complement: 3 officers, 31 men[2]
Armament:
Service record
Part of:
  • I Flotilla
  • 3 October – 11 November 1918
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Richard Scheurlen[3]
  • 8 August –11 November 1918
Operations: 1 patrol
Victories: None

SM UB-98 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 8 August 1918 as SM UB-98.[Note 1]

UB-98 was surrendered on 21 November 1918 and broken up in Portmadoc in 1922.[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 1 July 1918. UB-98 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Richard Scheurlen. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-98 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-98 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-98 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. Rössler 1979, p. 61.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
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