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SM UB 68

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Name
  
UB-68

Yard number
  
286

Fate
  
Sunk 4 October 1918

Draft
  
3.67 m

Ordered
  
20 May 1916

Commissioned
  
5 October 1917

Launched
  
4 July 1917

Cost
  
3,276,000 German Papiermark

Builder
  
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft

SM UB-68 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 20 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 5 October 1917 as SM UB-68. The submarine conducted five patrols and sank five ships during the war. Under the command of Karl Dönitz, on 4 October 1918 UB-68 encountered technical problems and had to surface where she was sunk by gunfire at 33°56′N 16°20′E. There was one dead and thirty-three survivors. Other sources name the British warships involved in the sinking of UB-68 as HMS Snapdragon and HMS Cradosin, and claim four crew members died in the event.

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SM UB-68 Wikipedia