SM UB-75
 UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-75.
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| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | UB-75 |
| Ordered | 23 September 1916[1] |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
| Cost | 3,338,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number | 304[2] |
| Launched | 5 May 1917[3] |
| Commissioned | 11 September 1917[3] |
| Fate | struck mine 10 December 1917 at 54°5′N 0°10′E / 54.083°N 0.167°E, all hands lost.[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | German Type UB III submarine |
| Type | Coastal submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 516 t (508 long tons; 569 short tons) surfaced 648 t (638 long tons; 714 short tons) submerged[2] |
| Length | 55.3 m (181 ft) o/a[2] |
| Beam | 5.8 m (19 ft)[2] |
| Draught | 3.68 m (12.1 ft)[2] |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 shafts 6-cylinder MAN diesel engines,[4] 1,100 ihp (820 kW) Siemens-Schuckert[4] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)[2] |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) surfaced 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) submerged[2] |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 8,680 nmi (16,080 km; 9,990 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged[2] |
| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft)[4] |
| Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[4] |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) with 10 torpedoes • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun[4] |
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SM UB-75 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Template:Lang-de) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 11 September 1917 as SM UB-75.[nb 1]
UB-75 was serving in the Flanders Flotillas. On 10 December 1917 she was lost with all hands after hitting a mine.[3]
Construction
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 5 May 1917. UB-75 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-75 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-75 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,680 nautical miles (16,080 km).[2] UB-75 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons; 569 short tons) while surfaced and 648 t (638 long tons; 714 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) when surfaced and 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) when submerged.[2]
Notes
- Footnotes
- ^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (Template:Lang-en) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- Citations
References
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher (in German). Vol. III. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - 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.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Rössler, Eberhard (1979). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945 (in German). Vol. I. Munich: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
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