SM UB-112 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 16 April 1918 as SM UB-112.[Note 1]
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-112.
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Name | UB-112 |
Ordered | 6 / 8 February 1917[2] |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Cost | 3,714,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 318 |
Launched | 15 September 1917[1] |
Commissioned | 16 April 1918[1] |
Fate | Surrendered 24 November 1918; used for explosive trials and dumped on beach 1920; sold for scrap 1921 |
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Class and type | German Type UB III submarine |
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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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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[1] |
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Operations: | 3 patrols |
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UB-112 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany; she was used for explosives trials off Falmouth on 20 November and 1 December 1920, after which the boat was dumped on Castle Beach. The wreck was sold for scrap to R. Roskelly & Rodgers on 19 April 1921 for £125, but remains survive in situ.[4]
She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 15 September 1917. UB-112 was commissioned in the spring the next year under the command of Kptlt. Wilhelm Rhein. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-112 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-112 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-112 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[5] |
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21 August 1918 | The Stewart’s Court | United Kingdom | 813 | Sunk |
22 August 1918 | Prunelle | United Kingdom | 579 | Sunk |
23 August 1918 | Heros | Sweden | 351 | Sunk |
30 September 1918 | Atlantico | Portugal | 319 | Sunk |
1 October 1918 | Aldebaran | Sweden | 1,683 | Sunk |
1 October 1918 | Gjertrud | Norway | 593 | Sunk |
2 October 1918 | Bamse | United Kingdom | 1,001 | Sunk |
2 October 1918 | Poljames | United Kingdom | 856 | Sunk |
3 October 1918 | Atlantis | Norway | 1,171 | Sunk |
3 October 1918 | Westwood | United Kingdom | 1,968 | Sunk |
3 October 1918 | A.E. Mc Kinstry | Canada | 1,960 | Damaged |
4 October 1918 | Nanna | Norway | 1,125 | Sunk |
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