SM UB-52
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-52.
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German Empire | |
Name: | UB-52 |
Ordered: | 20 May 1916[1] |
Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Cost: | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number: | 297 |
Launched: | 8 March 1917[2] |
Commissioned: | 9 August 1917[2] |
Fate: | sunk 23 May 1918 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. by HMS H4, all hands lost[2] |
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Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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Length: | 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
Beam: | 5.80 m (19.0 ft) |
Draught: | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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Operations: | 4 patrols |
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SM UB-52 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 Pola Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 9 August 1917 as SM UB-52.[Note 1]
She operated as part of the Pola Flotilla based in Cattaro. UB-52 was sunk on 23 May 1918 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. by HMS H4, all hands lost.[2]
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Construction
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UB-52 was ordered by the GIN on 20 May 1916. She was built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 8 March 1917. UB-52 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Otto Launburg.
Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-52 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-52 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,040 nautical miles (16,740 km; 10,400 mi). UB-52 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 651 t (641 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) when surfaced and 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) when submerged.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[3] |
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30 January 1918 | Empress Ekaterina II | Russian Empire | 5,545 | Sunk |
1 February 1918 | La Dives | France | 2,108 | Sunk |
4 February 1918 | Maid of Harlech | United Kingdom | 315 | Sunk |
4 February 1918 | Sardinia | United Kingdom | 6,580 | Damaged |
9 February 1918 | Antenor | United Kingdom | 5,319 | Damaged |
18 February 1918 | Basque | France | 3,261 | Damaged |
20 February 1918 | Balgray | United Kingdom | 3,603 | Sunk |
20 February 1918 | Zeno | United Kingdom | 2,890 | Sunk |
17 March 1918 | Ivydene | United Kingdom | 3,541 | Sunk |
18 March 1918 | John H. Barry | United Kingdom | 3,083 | Sunk |
18 March 1918 | Saldanha | United Kingdom | 4,594 | Sunk |
4 April 1918 | Sincerita | Kingdom of Italy | 1,722 | Sunk |
2 May 1918 | Flawyl | United Kingdom | 3,592 | Sunk |
9 May 1918 | Atlantique | France | 6,479 | Damaged |
11 May 1918 | Suzette Fraissinet | France | 2,288 | Sunk |
12 May 1918 | Omrah | United Kingdom | 8,130 | Sunk |
18 May 1918 | Media | United Kingdom | 5,437 | Damaged |
References
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ↑ Tonnages are in gross register tons
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