Name UB-106 Yard number 312 Launched 21 July 1917 Builder Blohm + Voss | Ordered 6/8 February 1917 Commissioned 7 February 1918 Draft 3.7 m | |
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Fate sunk 15 March 1918, later raised and surrendered. | ||
SM UB-106 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 7 February 1918 as SM UB-104.
UB-106 was lost in an accident on 15 March 1918. Later raised, she was surrendered to Britain along with SM UB-86, SM UB-97, and SM UB-112. She was broken up at Falmouth in 1921.
Construction
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 21 July 1917. UB-106 was commissioned early the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Hugo Thielmann. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-106 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-106 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-106 had a displacement of 519 t (511 long tons) while surfaced and 649 t (639 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.