Name UB-60 Yard number 85 Launched 14 April 1917 | Ordered 20 May 1916 Commissioned 6 June 1917 Draft 3.7 m | |
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Cost 3,279,000 German Papiermark Fate surrendered 26 November 1918, beached off English East Coast, broken up 1921 Builders AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg | ||
SM UB-60 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 Training Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 6 June 1917 as SM UB-60.
She operated as part of the Training Flotilla based in Kiel. UB-60 was surrendered to the British on 26 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany, while en route to England it beached of the English East Coast and was broken up in 1921.
Construction
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 14 April 1917. UB-60 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Peter Ernst Eiffe. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-60 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-60 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,420 nautical miles (15,590 km; 9,690 mi). UB-60 had a displacement of 508 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 639 t (629 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) when surfaced and 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) when submerged.