Name UB-111 Yard number 317 Launched 1 September 1917 Builder Blohm + Voss | Ordered 6/8 February 1917 Commissioned 5 April 1918 Draft 3.7 m | |
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Cost 3,714,000 German Papiermark Fate surrendered 21 November 1918, broken up | ||
SM UB-111 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 5 April 1918 as SM UB-111.
UB-111 was surrendered to Britain on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up in Bo'ness in 1919-20.
Construction
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 1 September 1917. UB-111 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Kptlt. Egon von Werner. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-111 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-111 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-111 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.