Name UB-96 Yard number 112 Launched 31 May 1918 | Ordered 6/8 February 1917 Commissioned 3 July 1918 Draft 3.73 m | |
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Cost 3,654,000 German Papiermark Fate surrendered 21 November 1918, broken up in 1919-20 Builders AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg | ||
SM UB-96 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 3 July 1918 as SM UB-96.
UB-96 was surrendered to Britain on 21 November 1918 and broken up in Bo'ness in 1919/20.
Construction
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 31 May 1918. UB-96 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Walter Krastel. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-96 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-96 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-96 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.