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SM UB 154

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Name
  
UB-154

Builder
  
AG Vulcan, Hamburg

Completed
  
14 December 1918

Draft
  
3.85 m

Ordered
  
27 June 1917

Yard number
  
119

Launched
  
7 October 1918

Part of
  
Imperial German Navy

SM UB-154

Cost
  
4,301,000 German Papiermark

SM UB-154' was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was never commissioned into the German Imperial Navy but surrendered to France on 9 March 1919 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up at Brest in July 1921.

Construction

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 7 October 1918. UB-154 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-154 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-154 had a displacement of 539 t (530 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-154 Wikipedia