SM UB-59
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![]() UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-59.
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Name: | UB-59 |
Ordered: | 20 May 1916[1] |
Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
Cost: | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number: | 271 |
Launched: | 21 July 1917[2] |
Commissioned: | 25 August 1917[2] |
Fate: | scuttled 5 October 1918 off Zeebrugge at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[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-59 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 Flanders Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 25 August 1917 as SM UB-59.[Note 1]
She operated as part of the Flanders Flotilla based in Zeebrugge. UB-59 scuttled 5 October 1918 off Zeebrugge at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. during the evacuation of Belgium by German forces.[2]
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Construction
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She was built by AG Weser, Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 21 July 1917. UB-59 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-59 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-59 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,020 nautical miles (16,710 km; 10,380 mi). UB-59 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 646 t (636 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) when submerged.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[5] |
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28 November 1917 | Jeanne Conseil | ![]() |
2,309 | Sunk |
29 November 1917 | Texas | ![]() |
6,674 | Damaged |
5 December 1917 | City of Naples | ![]() |
5,739 | Damaged |
2 February 1918 | Avanti | ![]() |
2,128 | Sunk |
3 February 1918 | Holmtown | ![]() |
598 | Sunk |
13 March 1918 | Tweed | ![]() |
1,025 | Sunk |
14 March 1918 | Venezuela | ![]() |
730 | Sunk |
17 March 1918 | South Western | ![]() |
674 | Sunk |
20 March 1918 | Azemmour | ![]() |
897 | Sunk |
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.
- ↑ Tonnages are in gross register tons
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Bibliography
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