SM UB-149
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UB-148 at sea, a u-boat similar to UB-149.
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 German Empire |
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| Name: | UB-149 |
| Ordered: | 27 June 1917[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Cost: | 4,301,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 315 |
| Launched: | 19 September 1918[2] |
| Commissioned: | 22 October 1918[2] |
| Fate: | Surrendered 22 November 1918.[2] |
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| Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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| Length: | 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 5.80 m (19.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
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| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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| Operations: | No patrols |
| Victories: | None |
SM UB-149 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 22 October 1918 as UB-149[Note 1] . UB-149 was surrendered to Britain in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany on 22 November 1918 and broken up at Swansea in 1922.[2]
Construction
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She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 19 September 1918. UB-149 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-149 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-149 had a displacement of 523 t (515 long tons) while surfaced and 653 t (643 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.
References
Notes
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 56.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
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