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SM UB 133

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Name
  
UB-133

Yard number
  
310

Launched
  
27 September 1918

Part of
  
Imperial German Navy

Ordered
  
27 June 1917

Completed
  
20 April 1919

Draft
  
3.77 m

SM UB-133

Cost
  
3,485,000 German Papiermark

Fate
  
Surrendered, broken up in Rochester in 1922.

Builder
  
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft

SM UB-133 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. Completed after the end of hostilities, she was not commissioned into the German Imperial Navy but surrendered to Britain in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. In 1922 she was broken up in Rochester.

Construction

She was built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft of Kiel and following just under a year of construction, launched at Kiel on 27 September 1918. UB-133 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-133 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,090 nautical miles (16,830 km; 10,460 mi). UB-133 had a displacement of 533 t (525 long tons) while surfaced and 656 t (646 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.

References

SM UB-133 Wikipedia