SM UB-130 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 28 June 1918 as SM UB-130.[Note 1]
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-130.
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Name | UB-130 |
Ordered | 6 / 8 February 1917[2] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Cost | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
Yard number | 303 |
Laid down | 14 September 1917[3] |
Launched | 27 May 1918[1] |
Commissioned | 28 June 1918[1] |
Fate | Surrendered 26 November 1918; foundered in tow off Hastings early 1919 |
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Class and type | German Type UB III 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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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 31 men[1] |
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Operations: | 1 patrol |
Victories: | None |
UB-130 was surrendered to the Allies at Harwich on 26 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. Early in 1919 she sank in tow to a French port off Hastings.[5] In 2001 her deck gun was raised and restored for preservation in Newhaven.[6]
She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction, launched at Bremen on 27 May 1918. UB-130 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Kptlt. Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-130 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-130 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,280 nautical miles (13,480 km; 8,380 mi). UB-130 had a displacement of 512 t (504 long tons) while surfaced and 643 t (633 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.9 knots (25.7 km/h; 16.0 mph) when surfaced and 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) when submerged.
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