SM UB-95
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![]() UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-95.
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Name: | UB-95 |
Ordered: | 6/8 February 1917[1] |
Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
Cost: | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number: | 111 |
Launched: | 10 May 1918[2] |
Commissioned: | 20 June 1918[2] |
Fate: | surrendered 21 November 1918, broken up[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: | 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in) |
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Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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Operations: | 1 patrol |
Victories: | 1 merchant ship sunk (4,053 GRT) |
SM UB-95 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 20 June 1918 as SM UB-95.[Note 1]
UB-95 was surrendered to Italy on 21 November 1918 and broken up in La Spezia in August 1919.[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 10 May 1918. UB-95 was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-95 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-95 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-95 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[4] |
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29 September 1918 | Nyanza | ![]() |
4,053 | Sunk |
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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.
- ↑ Tonnages are in gross register tons
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