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SM UB-105 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 14 January 1918 as SM UB-105.[Note 1]
![]() UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-105. | |
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Name | UB-105 |
Ordered | 6 / 8 February 1917[1] |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,714,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 311 |
Launched | 7 July 1917[2] |
Commissioned | 14 January 1918[2] |
Fate | Surrendered 16 January 1919, broken up in Felixtowe in 1922.[2] |
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Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
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Length | 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.70 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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UB-105 was surrendered to Britain on 16 January 1919 and broken up in Felixstowe in 1922.[2]
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 July 1917. UB-105 was commissioned early the next year under the command of Kptlt. Wilhelm Marschall. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-105 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-105 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,420 nautical miles (13,740 km; 8,540 mi). UB-105 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 629 t (619 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[5] |
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23 April 1918 | Restaurado | ![]() |
136 | Sunk |
24 April 1918 | Leonor | ![]() |
166 | Sunk |
25 April 1918 | HMS Cowslip | ![]() |
1,290 | Sunk |
29 April 1918 | City of Pensacola | ![]() |
705 | Sunk |
29 April 1918 | Kut Sang | ![]() |
4,895 | Sunk |
30 April 1918 | Conway | ![]() |
4,003 | Sunk |
3 June 1918 | Nora | ![]() |
3,933 | Sunk |
5 June 1918 | HMS Snaefell | ![]() |
1,368 | Sunk |
6 June 1918 | Archbank | ![]() |
3,767 | Sunk |
6 June 1918 | Menzaleh | ![]() |
1,859 | Sunk |
9 June 1918 | Clan Forbes | ![]() |
3,946 | Sunk |
9 June 1918 | Pundit | ![]() |
5,917 | Sunk |
9 June 1918 | Tewfikieh | ![]() |
2,490 | Sunk |
14 July 1918 | Branksome Hall | ![]() |
4,262 | Sunk |
14 July 1918 | Waitemata | ![]() |
5,432 | Sunk |
14 July 1918 | Djemnah | ![]() |
3,716 | Sunk |
19 July 1918 | Eguskia | ![]() |
1,181 | Sunk |
18 September 1918 | Antonietta | ![]() |
93 | Sunk |
20 September 1918 | Angelina Pasquale | ![]() |
29 | Sunk |
20 September 1918 | San Michele | ![]() |
24 | Sunk |
21 September 1918 | Santo Fortunato | ![]() |
24 | Sunk |
3 October 1918 | Ariel | ![]() |
3,428 | Sunk |
3 October 1918 | Saint Luc | ![]() |
2,456 | Sunk |
7 October 1918 | Madeira | ![]() |
4,792 | Sunk |
7 October 1918 | Saint Barnabe | ![]() |
5,184 | Sunk |
12 October 1918 | Tripoli II | ![]() |
958 | Sunk |