SM UB-84
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-84.
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| Name: | UB-84 |
| Ordered: | 23 September 1916[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Cost: | 3,341,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 284 |
| Launched: | 3 October 1917[2] |
| Commissioned: | 31 October 1917[2] |
| Fate: | lost in collision, 7 December 1917 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., raised, training boat, surrendered 26 November 1918, broken up[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: | No patrols |
| Victories: | None |
SM UB-84 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 31 October 1917 as SM UB-84.[Note 1]
UB-84 was lost in a collision on 7 December 1917 in the Baltic Sea at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. She was later raised and used as a training boat. On 26 November 1918 she was surrendered to the French in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up in Brest in 1921.[2]
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 3 October 1917. UB-84 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Max Bräutigam. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-84 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-84 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-84 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.
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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. 55.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
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