WWI U-boat Types


Type UB III

UB coastal torpedo attack boats class


Construction history of type UB III

U-boats# ShipyardWerk #Built during
UB 48 - UB 536Blohm & Voss, Hamburg293- 2981916 - 1917
UB 54 - UB 596A.G. Weser, Bremen266- 2711916 - 1917
UB 60 - UB 656Vulcan, Hamburg85- 901916 - 1917
UB 66 - UB 716Germaniawerft, Kiel284- 2891916 - 1917
UB 72 - UB 743Vulcan, Hamburg96- 981916 - 1917
UB 75 - UB 795Blohm & Voss, Hamburg304- 3081916 - 1917
UB 80 - UB 878A.G. Weser, Bremen280- 2871916 - 1918
UB 88 - UB 10215Vulcan, Hamburg104- 1181916 - 1918
UB 103 - UB 11715Blohm & Voss, Hamburg309- 3231916 - 1918
UB 118 - UB 13215A.G. Weser, Bremen291- 3051917 - 1918
UB 142 - UB 1454A.G. Weser, Bremen308- 3111917 - 1919
UB 133Germaniawerft, Kiel3101917 - 1919
UB 136Germaniawerft, Kiel3131917 - 1919
UB 148 - UB 1503A.G. Weser, Bremen314- 3161917 - 1919
UB 154 - UB 1552Vulcan, Hamburg119- 1201917 - 1919
Table includes 7 boats finished after the Armistice (11 Nov 1918)


UB 64 of type UB III

All U-boats of type UB III

Below are the 96 commissioned U-boats of this type.

UB 48, UB 49, UB 50, UB 51, UB 52, UB 53, UB 54,
UB 55, UB 56, UB 57, UB 58, UB 59, UB 60, UB 61, UB 62,
UB 63, UB 64, UB 65, UB 66, UB 67, UB 68, UB 69, UB 70,
UB 71, UB 72, UB 73, UB 74, UB 75, UB 76, UB 77, UB 78,
UB 79, UB 80, UB 81, UB 82, UB 83, UB 84, UB 85, UB 86,
UB 87, UB 88, UB 89, UB 90, UB 91, UB 92, UB 93, UB 94,
UB 95, UB 96, UB 97, UB 98, UB 99, UB 100, UB 101, UB 102,
UB 103, UB 104, UB 105, UB 106, UB 107, UB 108, UB 109, UB 110,
UB 111, UB 112, UB 113, UB 114, UB 115, UB 116, UB 117, UB 118,
UB 119, UB 120, UB 121, UB 122, UB 123, UB 124, UB 125, UB 126,
UB 127, UB 128, UB 129, UB 130, UB 131, UB 132, UB 142, UB 143,
UB 144, UB 145, UB 133, UB 136, UB 148, UB 149, UB 150, UB 154 and
UB 155

Technical information for type UB III

Displacement:
(tons)
516 (sf)
651 (sm)
730 (total)
Length: (m)55,30 oa
40,10 ph
Beam: (m)5,80 oa
3,90 ph
Draught: (draft)3,68 m
Height:8,25 m
Power: (hp)1100 (sf)
788 (sm)
Speed:
(knots)
13,6 (sf)
8,0 (sm)
Range:
(miles / knots)
9040/6 (sf)
55/4 (sm)
Torpedoes:10
4/1 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:No mines carried
Deck gun:88mm
160 rounds
Crew:34 men
Max depth:ca. 75 m
(246 feet)
sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.