![]() UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-108.
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Name | UB-108 |
Ordered | 6 / 8 February 1917[2] |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,714,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 314 |
Launched | 21 July 1917[1] |
Commissioned | 1 March 1918[1] |
Fate | Lost July 1918 in the English Channel.[1] |
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Class and type | German Type UB III submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 55.30 m (181 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Draught | 3.70 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[1] |
Armament |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | 3 patrols |
Victories: |
2 merchant ships sunk (2,655 GRT) |
SM UB-108 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 1 March 1918 as SM UB-108.[Note 1]
UB-108 was lost in July 1918 in the English Channel.[1]
Main article: German Type UB III submarine |
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 21 July 1917. UB-108 was commissioned early the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Wilhelm Amberger. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-108 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-108 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,420 nautical miles (13,740 km; 8,540 mi). UB-108 had a displacement of 519 t (511 long tons) while surfaced and 649 t (639 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.
Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[4] |
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7 June 1918 | Diana | ![]() |
1,119 | Sunk |
12 June 1918 | Kennington | ![]() |
1,536 | Sunk |