SM UB-83

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-83.
UB 148 at sea 2.jpeg
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-83.
History
German Empire
Name: UB-83
Ordered: 23 September 1916[1]
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen
Cost: 3,341,000 German Papiermark
Yard number: 283
Launched: 15 September 1917[2]
Commissioned: 15 October 1917[2]
Fate: sunk 10 September 1918 by British warships at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[2]
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:
  • 516 t (508 long tons) surfaced
  • 647 t (637 long 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
  • 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 8,180 nmi (15,150 km; 9,410 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced
  • 50 nmi (93 km; 58 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
Part of:
  • V Flotilla
  • 24 December 1917 – 10 September 1918
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Günther Krause[3]
  • 15 October 1917 – 9 June 1918
  • Oblt.z.S. Hans Buntebardt[4]
  • 10 June – 10 September 1918
Operations: 6 patrols
Victories:
  • 1 merchant ship sunk (634 GRT)
  • 1 merchant ship damaged (6,970 GRT)

SM UB-83 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 15 October 1917 as SM UB-83.[Note 1]

UB-83 was sunk on 10 September 1918 by HMS Ophelia off Orkney at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., all 35 crew members died in the event.[2]

Construction

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Main article: German Type UB III submarine

She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 15 September 1917. UB-83 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Günther Krause. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-83 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-83 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 8,180 nautical miles (15,150 km; 9,410 mi). UB-83 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons) while surfaced and 647 t (637 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.

Service history

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Summary of raiding history

Date Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 2] Fate[5]
23 March 1918 Aulton  United Kingdom 634 Sunk
23 March 1918 Meline  United Kingdom 6,970 Damaged

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.
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Bibliography

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