SM UB-70
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-70.
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Name: | UB-70 |
Ordered: | 20 May 1916[1] |
Builder: | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost: | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number: | 288 |
Launched: | 7 August 1917[2] |
Commissioned: | 12 October 1917[2] |
Fate: | lost in the Mediterranean 8 May 1918, reasons unknown[2] |
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Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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Length: | 55.83 m (183 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
Beam: | 5.80 m (19.0 ft) |
Draught: | 3.67 m (12 ft 0 in) |
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Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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Operations: | 2 patrols |
Victories: | 1 merchant ship sunk (1,794 GRT) |
SM UB-70 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 29 October 1917 as SM UB-70.[Note 1]
UB-70 was serving in the Mediterranean when she was lost on 8 May 1918 for unknown reasons.[2]
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Construction
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She was built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft of Kiel and following just under a year of construction, launched at Kiel on 17 August 1917. UB-70 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Kptlt. Johannes Remy. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-70 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-70 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; 10,460 mi). UB-70 had a displacement of 513 t (505 long tons) while surfaced and 647 t (637 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) when surfaced and 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) when submerged.
Summary of raiding history
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[4] |
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2 May 1918 | Valdivia | France | 1,794 | Sunk |
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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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