SM UB-54
 UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-54.
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| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | UB-54 |
| Ordered | 20 May 1916[1] |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
| Cost | 3,276,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number | 266[2] |
| Launched | 18 April 1917[3] |
| Commissioned | 12 June 1917[3] |
| Fate | sunk 11 March 1918 at 53°15′N 0°45′E / 53.250°N 0.750°E by British destroyers, 36 dead[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | German Type UB III submarine |
| Type | Coastal submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 516 t (508 long tons; 569 short tons) ↑ 646 t (636 long tons; 712 short tons) ↓[2] |
| Length | 55.85 m (183.2 ft) o/a[2] |
| Beam | 5.8 m (19 ft)[2] |
| Draught | 3.72 m (12.2 ft)[2] |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 shafts 6-cylinder Körting diesel engines,[3] 1,060 ihp (790 kW) Siemens-Schuckert[3] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)[2] |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) ↑ 7.8 knots (14.4 km/h; 9.0 mph) ↓[2] |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 9,020 nmi (16,710 km; 10,380 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) ↑ 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) ↓[2] |
| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[3] |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) with 10 torpedoes • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun[3] |
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SM UB-54 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (Template:Lang-de) 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]
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 by British destroyers HMS Sturgeon, Thruster, and Retriever using depth charges, all hands were lost.[3]
Construction
She was built by AG Weser, Bremen[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 18 April 1917. UB-54 was commissioned later that same year . 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).[2] UB-54 had a displacement of 516 t (508 long tons; 569 short 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.[2]
Notes
- Footnotes
- ^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (Template:Lang-en) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- Citations
References
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Vol. III. Koblenz: Bernhard&Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, schicksal. Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945. Vol. I. Munich: Bernhard&Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
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