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Name
  
UB-131

Yard number
  
304

Launched
  
4 June 1918

Builder
  
Ordered
  
6/8 February 1917

Commissioned
  
4 July 1918

Draft
  
3.72 m

SM UB-131

Cost
  
3,654,000 German Papiermark

Fate
  
Surrendered 24 November 1918.

SM UB-131 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 July 1918 as SM UB-131.

UB-131 was surrendered on 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany.

Construction

She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 4 June 1918. UB-131 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Kptlt. Gerhard Schulz. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-131 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-131 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-131 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.

References

SM UB-131 Wikipedia


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