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Name
  
UB-98

Yard number
  
114

Launched
  
1 July 1918

Ordered
  
6/8 February 1917

Commissioned
  
8 August 1918

Draft
  
3.73 m

SM UB-98

Cost
  
3,654,000 German Papiermark

Fate
  
surrendered 21 November 1918, broken up

Builders
  
AG Vulcan Stettin, Hamburg

SM UB-98 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 August 1918 as SM UB-98.

UB-98 was surrendered on 21 November 1918 and broken up in Portmadoc in 1922.

Construction

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 1 July 1918. UB-98 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Richard Scheurlen. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-98 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-98 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-98 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.

References

SM UB-98 Wikipedia


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