Name UB-105 Yard number 311 Launched 7 July 1917 Builder Blohm + Voss | Ordered 6/8 February 1917 Commissioned 14 January 1918 Draft 3.7 m | |
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Cost 3,714,000 German Papiermark Fate surrendered 16 January 1919, broken up in Felixtowe in 1922. | ||
SM UB-105 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 14 January 1918 as SM UB-105.
UB-105 was surrendered to Britain on 16 January 1919 and broken up in Felixstowe in 1922.
Construction
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 July 1917. UB-105 was commissioned early the next year under the command of Kptlt. Wilhelm Marschall. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-105 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-105 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,420 nautical miles (13,740 km; 8,540 mi). UB-105 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 629 t (619 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.