Name UB-74 Yard number 98 Launched 12 September 1917 | Ordered 23 September 1916 Commissioned 24 October 1917 Draft 3.7 m | |
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Cost 3,337,000 German Papiermark Fate sunk 26 May 1918 by depth charges at . Builders AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg | ||
SM UB-74 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 24 October 1917 as SM UB-74.
UB-74 was serving in the Flanders Flotillas. On 26 May 1918 she was sunk by HMS Lorna with depth charges in the English channel.
Construction
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 12 September 1917. UB-74 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Karl Neureuther. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-74 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-74 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-74 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 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.