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Name
  
UB-113

Yard number
  
319

Launched
  
23 September 1917

Builder
  
Blohm + Voss

Ordered
  
6/8 February 1917

Commissioned
  
25 April 1918

Draft
  
3.7 m

SM UB-113

Cost
  
3,714,000 German Papiermark

Fate
  
Lost September/October 1918.

SM UB-113 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 25 April 1918 as SM UB-113.

UB-113 was lost in autumn 1918 for unknown reasons.

Construction

She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 23 September 1917. UB-113 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Ulrich Pilzecker. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-113 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-113 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-113 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.

References

SM UB-113 Wikipedia


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