SM UB-54
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-54. | |
History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | UB-54 |
Ordered | 20 May 1916[2] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 266 |
Laid down | 5 September 1916[3] |
Launched | 18 April 1917[1] |
Commissioned | 12 June 1917[1] |
Fate | Sunk 11 March 1918 at 53°15′N 0°45′E / 53.250°N 0.750°E / 53.250; 0.750 by British destroyers, 36 dead[1] |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type UB III submarine |
Type | Coastal submarine |
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Length | 55.85 m (183 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | 6 patrols |
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SM UB-54 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 12 June 1917 as SM UB-54.[nb 1]
The submarine conducted 6 patrols and sank 14 ships during the war for a total loss of 7,200 gross register tons (GRT).
She operated as part of the Flanders Flotilla based in Zeebrugge. UB-54 was apparently sunk on 11 March 1918 at 53°15′N 0°45′E / 53.250°N 0.750°E / 53.250; 0.750 by British destroyers HMS Sturgeon, Thruster, and Retriever using depth charges, all hands were lost.[1]
Construction
UB-54 was ordered 20 May 1916. She was built by AG Weser, Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 18 April 1917. UB-54 was commissioned later that same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Egon von Werner.Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-54 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-54 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-54 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 1] | Fate[4] |
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20 August 1917 | HMS Vala | Royal Navy | 1,016 | Sunk |
25 August 1917 | Frigga | Norway | 1,046 | Sunk |
13 December 1917 | Chili | France | 1,318 | Sunk |
20 December 1917 | Noris | Norway | 583 | Sunk |
21 December 1917 | Orne | France | 928 | Sunk |
23 December 1917 | Ragna | Norway | 1,747 | Sunk |
27 January 1918 | Nr. 14 | Belgium | 26 | Sunk |
29 January 1918 | De Julia | Belgium | 13 | Sunk |
29 January 1918 | De Twee Marcels | Belgium | 13 | Sunk |
29 January 1918 | H. Debra Huysseme | Belgium | 46 | Sunk |
29 January 1918 | Jean Mathilde | Belgium | 12 | Sunk |
29 January 1918 | Le Jeune Arthur | Belgium | 25 | Sunk |
29 January 1918 | Marie | Belgium | 16 | Sunk |
30 January 1918 | Ferryhill | United Kingdom | 411 | Sunk |
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.
References
Notes
- ^ Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Gröner 1991, pp. 25–30.
- ^ Rössler 1979, p. 55.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UB 54". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by UB-54". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
Bibliography
- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal (in German). Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften: eine Bilddokumentation über den deutschen U-Bootbau; in zwei Bänden (in German). Vol. I. Munich: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
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