SM UB-56

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-56.
UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-56.
History
German Empire
Name: UB-56
Ordered: 20 May 1916[1]
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen
Cost: 3,276,000 German Papiermark
Yard number: 268
Launched: 6 June 1917[2]
Commissioned: 19 July 1917[2]
Fate: sunk 19 December 1917 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. by a mine, 37 dead[2]
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:
  • 516 t (508 long tons) surfaced
  • 646 t (636 long tons; 712 short tons) submerged
Length: 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.80 m (19.0 ft)
Draught: 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) surfaced
  • 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 9,020 nmi (16,710 km; 10,380 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
  • 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Complement: 3 officers, 31 men[2]
Armament:
Service record as UB-56
Part of:
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Hans Valentier[3]
  • 19 July – 19 December 1917
Operations: 4 patrols
Victories: 4 merchant ships sunk (5,387 GRT)

SM UB-56 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 Flanders Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 19 July 1917 as SM UB-56.[Note 1]

She operated as part of the Flanders Flotilla based in Zeebrugge. UB-56 was sunk at 23:41 on 19 December 1917 at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. after striking a mine, 37 crew members lost their lives in the event.[2]

Construction

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Main article: German Type UB III submarine

She was built by AG Weser, Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 6 June 1917. UB-56 was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-56 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-56 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 9,020 nautical miles (16,710 km; 10,380 mi). UB-56 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 646 t (636 long tons; 712 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) when submerged.

Summary of raiding history

Date Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 2] Fate[4]
13 November 1917 Atlas  United Kingdom 989 Sunk
13 November 1917 Axwell  United Kingdom 1,442 Sunk
17 November 1917 Lalen Mendi  Spain 2,183 Sunk
21 November 1917 Maine  France 773 Sunk

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
  2. ↑ Tonnages are in gross register tons

Citations

  1. ↑ Rössler 1979, p. 55.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gröner 1991, pp. 25-30.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Bibliography

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