SM UB-72
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![]() UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-72.
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Name: | UB-72 |
Ordered: | 23 September 1916[1] |
Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
Cost: | 3,337,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number: | 96 |
Launched: | 30 July 1917[2] |
Commissioned: | 9 September 1917[2] |
Fate: | Sunk 12 May 1918 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. by British submarine.[2] |
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Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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Length: | 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
Beam: | 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in) |
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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SM UB-72 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 9 September 1917 as SM UB-72.[Note 1]
UB-72 was serving in the English Channel when she was sunk by a torpedo from HMS D4 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. on 12 May 1918.[2]
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Construction
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She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 30 July 1917. UB-72 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-72 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-72 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,420 nautical miles (15,590 km; 9,690 mi). UB-72 had a displacement of 508 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 639 t (629 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 February 1918 | Svanfos | ![]() |
896 | Sunk |
28 March 1918 | HMS Tithonus | ![]() |
3,463 | Sunk |
30 March 1918 | Vafos | ![]() |
1,322 | Sunk |
6 May 1918 | Sandhurst | ![]() |
3,034 | Sunk |
8 May 1918 | Quito | ![]() |
3,358 | Damaged |
9 May 1918 | Baron Ailsa | ![]() |
1,836 | 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.
- ↑ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
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