SM UB-69

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-69.
UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-69.
History
German Empire
Name: UB-69
Ordered: 20 May 1916[1]
Builder: Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel
Cost: 3,276,000 German Papiermark
Yard number: 287
Launched: 7 August 1917[2]
Commissioned: 12 October 1917[2]
Fate: sunk 9 January 1918 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. by British warship[2]
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:
  • 513 t (505 long tons) surfaced
  • 647 t (637 long tons) submerged
Length: 55.83 m (183 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.80 m (19.0 ft)
Draught: 3.67 m (12 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) surfaced
  • 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 9,090 nmi (16,830 km; 10,460 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
  • Unknown – 9 January 1918
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Alfred Klatt[3]
  • 12 October 1917 – 9 January 1918
Operations: 1 patrol
Victories: None

SM UB-69 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 12 October 1917 as SM UB-69.[Note 1]

UB-69 was serving in the Mediterranean when sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. on 9 January 1918 by HMS Cyclamen. 31 crew members died in the event.[2]

Construction

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Main article: German Type UB III submarine

She was built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft of Kiel and following just under a year of construction, launched at Kiel on 7 August 1917. UB-69 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Alfred Klatt. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-69 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-69 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,090 nautical miles (16,830 km; 10,460 mi). UB-69 had a displacement of 513 t (505 long tons) while surfaced and 647 t (637 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) when surfaced and 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 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. 27.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Bibliography

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