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Name
  
UB-82

Yard number
  
282

Launched
  
1 September 1917

Builder
  
AG Weser

Ordered
  
23 September 1916

Commissioned
  
2 October 1917

Draft
  
3.72 m

SM UB-82

Cost
  
3,341,000 German Papiermark

Fate
  
Sunk 17 April 1918 by British warships at

SM UB-82 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 8 September 1917 as SM UB-82.

UB-82 was sunk on 17 April 1918 by HMS Pilot Me and HMS Young Fred at 55°14′N 5°55′W, 37 crew members died in the event.

Construction

She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 1 September 1917. UB-82 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Walter Gustav Becker. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-82 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-82 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,180 nautical miles (15,150 km; 9,410 mi). UB-82 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 647 t (637 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.

References

SM UB-82 Wikipedia