Name UB-122 Yard number 295 Launched 2 February 1918 | Ordered 6/8 February 1917 Commissioned 4 March 1918 Draft 3.72 m | |
Fate Surrendered 24 November 1918. | ||
SM UB-122 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 March 1918 as SM UB-122.
UB-122 was surrendered to the British on 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. She may have been broken up in 1921, have been marooned on a sandbank at Hoo on the River Medway, or have foundered in the North Sea off the east coast of England in 1921.
Construction
She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 4 March 1918. UB-122 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Alexander Magnus. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-122 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-122 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,280 nautical miles (13,480 km; 8,380 mi). UB-122 had a displacement of 512 t (504 long tons) while surfaced and 643 t (633 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.9 knots (25.7 km/h; 16.0 mph) when surfaced and 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) when submerged.