SM UB-79
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-79.
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| Name: | UB-79 |
| Ordered: | 23 September 1916[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Cost: | 3,338,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 308 |
| Launched: | 3 June 1917[2] |
| Commissioned: | 27 October 1917[2] |
| Fate: | surrendered 26 November 1918.[2] |
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| Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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| Length: | 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 5.80 m (19.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 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-79 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 October 1917 as SM UB-79.[Note 1]
UB-79 was surrendered in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany on 26 November 1918 and broken up at Swansea in 1922.[2]
Construction
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She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 3 June 1917. UB-79 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Woldemar Petri. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-79 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-79 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,680 nautical miles (16,080 km; 9,990 mi). UB-79 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 648 t (638 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) when surfaced and 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) when submerged.
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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. 65.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
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