Name UB-114 Yard number 320 Launched 23 September 1917 Builder Blohm + Voss | Ordered 6/8 February 1917 Commissioned 4 May 1918 Draft 3.7 m | |
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Cost 3,714,000 German Papiermark Fate Sunk on tow to the breakers yard off Brighton, UK. The wreck was identified in 2013 | ||
SM UB-114 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 4 May 1918 as SM UB-114.
UB-114 was lost in trials on 13 May 1918 in Kiel harbour, resulting in seven dead. She was later raised and surrendered to the UK. She was then sold for scrap and was lost on tow in the English Channel. The wreck was identified by archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2013.
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-114 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Ernst Berlin. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-114 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-114 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-114 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.