SM UB-87
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-87.
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 German Empire |
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| Name: | UB-87 |
| Ordered: | 23 September 1916[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Cost: | 3,341,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 287 |
| Launched: | 10 November 1917[2] |
| Commissioned: | 27 December 1917[2] |
| Fate: | surrendered 20 November 1918, broken up at Brest[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: | 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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| Operations: | 5 patrols |
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SM UB-87 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 27 December 1917 as SM UB-87.[Note 1]
UB-87 was surrendered to France on 20 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She was broken up in Brest in 1921.[2]
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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 10 November 1917. UB-87 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-87 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-87 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,180 nautical miles (15,150 km; 9,410 mi). UB-87 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 647 t (637 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[5] |
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| 3 September 1918 | Highcliffe |  United Kingdom |
3,238 | Sunk |
| 6 September 1918 | Milly | United Kingdom |
2,964 | Sunk |
| 7 September 1918 | Persic | United Kingdom |
12,045 | Damaged |
| 9 September 1918 | Missanabie | United Kingdom |
12,469 | Sunk |
References
Notes
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