| SM UB-148 | |
|---|---|
 UB-148 at sea. | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Name: | UB-148 |
| Ordered: | 27 June 1917[1] |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
| Cost: | 4,301,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number: | 314[2] |
| Launched: | 7 August 1918[3] |
| Commissioned: | 19 September 1918 |
| Fate: | Surrendered to the US, sunk as target.[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
| Type: | Coastal submarine |
| Displacement: |
523 t (515 long tons; 577 short tons) ↑ 653 t (643 long tons; 720 short tons) ↓[2] |
| Length: | 55.85 m (183.2 ft) o/a[2] |
| Beam: | 5.8 m (19 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 3.75 m (12.3 ft)[2] |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts 6-cylinder Benz diesel engines,[4] 1,060 ihp (790 kW) Schiffsunion[4] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)[2] |
| Speed: |
13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) ↑ 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) ↓[2] |
| Range: |
7,280 nmi (13,480 km; 8,380 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) ↑ 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) ↓[2] |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[4] |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[4] |
| Armament: |
• 5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) with 10 torpedoes • 1 × 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun[4] |
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SM UB-148 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy (German language: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19 September 1918 as UB-148[nb 1] . UB-148 was surrendered to the United States in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany on 1 December 1918 and later sunk as target by USS Sicard.[3]
Construction[]
She was built by AG Weser of Bremen[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 7 August 1918. UB-148 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-148 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,090 nautical miles (16,830 km).[2] UB-148 had a displacement of 523 t (515 long tons; 577 short tons) while surfaced and 653 t (643 long tons; 720 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.[2]
Notes[]
- Footnotes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- Citations
References[]
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. III. Koblenz: Bernhard&Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal. Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945. I. Munich: Bernhard&Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
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